David Hume Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old David Hume quotes, David Hume sayings, and David Hume proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man. David Hume
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty. David Hume
Anticipation of pleasure is, in itself, a very considerable pleasure. David Hume
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them. David Hume
Custom is the great guide to human life. David Hume
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. David Hume
Nothing is demonstrable, unless the contrary implies a contradiction. Nothing, that is distinctly conceivable, implies a contradiction. Whatever we conceive as existent, we can also conceive as non-existent. There is no being, therefore, whose non-existence implies a contradiction. Consequently there is no being, whose existence is demonstrable. David Hume