A true sceptic will be diffident of his philosophical doubts, as well as of his philosophical conviction; and will never refuse any innocent satisfaction, which offers itself, upon account of either of them.
Empiricism, skepticism
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section XII, Part 3
1748
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