Poets...tho' liars by profession, always endeavour to give an air of truth to their… — David Hume
Poets...tho' liars by profession, always endeavour to give an air of truth to their fictions.
A Treatise of Human Nature · 1739
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Hume, David. "A Treatise of Human Nature." The Clarendon Edition of the Works of David Hume, edited by David Fate Norton and Mary J. Norton. Vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 2007, bk. 1, pt. 3, sect. 10.
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Hume, David, [published anonymously]. A Treatise of Human Nature. London: John Noon, 1739, bk. 1, pt. 3, sect. 10.
