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    Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.

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Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.

Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.

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Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not read more

Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not acknowledge until we are crushed under its wheel

by Ivan Turgenev Found in: Logic Quotes,
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Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he read more

Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic.

by Fyodor Dostoevsky Found in: Logic Quotes,
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The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

by Louis Brandeis Found in: Logic Quotes, Yield Quotes,
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The mind has its own logic but does not often let others in on it.

The mind has its own logic but does not often let others in on it.

by Bernard De Voto Found in: Logic Quotes,
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Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he read more

Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Found in: Logic Quotes,
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. . . as for logic, it's in the eye of the logician.

. . . as for logic, it's in the eye of the logician.

by Gloria Steinem Found in: Logic Quotes,
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Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.

Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Logic Quotes,
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Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is the anatomy of thought

by John Locke Found in: Logic Quotes,
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