David Hume Quote

When we reflect on our past sentiments and affections, our thought is a faithful mirror, and copies its objects truly; but the colours which it employs are faint and dull, in comparison of those in which our original perceptions were clothed.


Essays and Treatises on several subjects, etc. New edition (ed. 1758)


When we reflect on our past sentiments and affections, our thought is a faithful mirror, and copies its objects truly; but the colours which it...

When we reflect on our past sentiments and affections, our thought is a faithful mirror, and copies its objects truly; but the colours which it...

When we reflect on our past sentiments and affections, our thought is a faithful mirror, and copies its objects truly; but the colours which it...

When we reflect on our past sentiments and affections, our thought is a faithful mirror, and copies its objects truly; but the colours which it...