Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty
Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism.
All knowledge degenerates into probability
The heart of man is made to reconcile the most glaring contradictions
There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books
Art may make a suit of clothes, but nature must produce a man
Explanation is where the mind rests
A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence
Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know
The biggest shame is, to mock at something that you have in yourself.
I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once
By means of knowledge we raise ourselves above everybody else
Our life is what our thoughts make it
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions
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