The heart of man is made to reconcile the most glaring contradictions
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
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
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?
The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.
The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop
The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly
Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured
Every moment of light and dark is a miracle
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