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
Never look a gift horse in the mouth
Avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted
If your hate could be turned into electricity it would light up the whole world
I lay it down as a fact that if all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world
There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that is the women
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