Quote of David Hume - Good sense and genius beget esteem...
Biography - David Hume:
Scottish philosopher, historian and economist.
Born: 1711 - Died: 1776
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Born: 1711 - Died: 1776
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Good sense and genius beget esteem and regard: Wit and humour excite love and affection.
Translation
(German, French)
See also...
Quotes about love:
Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
Quotes about humour:
You shall learn to laugh. Now, all higher humor begins with this, that one no longer takes one's person seriously.
Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
Quotes for: genius
He recognized in himself that power to forget which only children have, and geniuses, and the innocent. Innocent, overwhelmed by joy, he understood at last that he was made for happiness.
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