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David Hume Quotes: Habit may lead us to belief and expectation but not to the knowledge, and still less to the understanding, of lawful relations.
         

Habit may lead us to belief and expectation but not to the knowledge, and still less to the understanding, of lawful relations.


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When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

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Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

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A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

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All knowledge degenerates into probability.



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