Quotes by David Hume
Explore 31 approved quotes attributed to David Hume.
About David Hume
Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist · 1711 – 1776
Known for: Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, The History of England
“There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.”
— David HumeChoices quotes“A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.”
— David HumeWise quotes“All knowledge degenerates into probability.”
— David HumeKnowledge quotes“If God is omnipotent, omniscient and wholly good, whence evil? If God wills to prevent evil but cannot, then He is not omnipotent. If He can prevent evil but does not, then he is not good. In either case he is not God.”
— David HumeEvil quotes“When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken.”
— David HumeMen quotes“Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.”
— David HumePositive quotes“Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.”
— David HumePhilosophy quotes“To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but to perceive.”
— David HumeHate quotes“The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.”
— David HumeLife quotes“It is seldom, that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. Slavery has so frightful an aspect to men accustomed to freedom, that it must steal upon them by degrees, and must disguise itself in a thousand shapes, in order to be received.”
— David HumeMen quotes“I do not have enough faith to believe there is no god.”
— David HumeBelieve quotes“Anything that is conceivable is possible.”
— David HumeDestiny quotes