David Hume Famous Quotes



Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

History is the discovering of the constant and universal principles of human nature.

It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

Beauty in things exist in the mind which contemplates them.

Custom is the great guide of human life.

Art may make a suit of clothes but nature must produce a man.


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