The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
David HumeThere is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it.
David HumeMoving from an objective statement of fact to a subjective statement of value does not work, because it leaves open questions that have not been answered.
David Hume