“Nothing is more dangerous to reason than the flights of the imagination.”
David Hume Quotes
1711 – 1776
Scottish philosopher and historian.
23 quotesAbout David Hume on Wikipedia
“Actions may be laudable or blameable; but they cannot be reasonable.”
“Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.”
“Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.”
“A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.”
“Hypothetical liberty is allowed to everyone who is not a prisoner and in chains.”
“It is seldom, that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.”
“Art may make a suit of clothes; but nature must produce a man.”
“The great end of all human industry, is the attainment of happiness.”
“A propensity to hope and joy is real riches: One to fear and sorrow, real poverty.”