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Consequence Quotes by David Hume
- No quality of human nature is more remarkable, both in itself and in its consequences, than that propensity we have to sympathize with others, and…
- He sees such a desperate rapaciousness prevail; such a disregard to equity, such contempt of order, such stupid blindness to future consequences, as must immediately…
- The consequence of a very free commerce between the sexes, and of their living much together, will often terminate in intrigues and gallantry.
- When any opinion leads us into absurdities, 'tis certainly false; but 'tis not certain an opinion is false, because 'tis of dangerous consequence.
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