Quotes by David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature

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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous. — David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and o — David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
There are instances, indeed, wherein men shew a vanity in resembling a great man in his countenance, shape, air, or othe — David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
Should a traveler, returning from a far country, bring us an account of men wholly different from any with whom we were — David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
Tis from the resemblance of the external actions of animals to those we ourselves perform, that we judge their internal — David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into co — David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature