No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish. – David Hume
Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence. – David Hume
A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century. – David Hume
What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’. – David Hume
There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves. – David Hume
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them. – David Hume
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous. – David Hume
It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. – David Hume
Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue. – David Hume
Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few. – David Hume
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. – David Hume
A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. – David Hume
That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise. – David Hume
Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. – David Hume
The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. – David Hume