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A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

- David Hume

Other quotes by David Hume

Religion First

The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one.

- David Hume

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.

- David Hume

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause.

- David Hume

Knowledge

Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge.

- David Hume

Character

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

- David Hume

The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.

- David Hume

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