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Most of us, when all is said and done, like what we like and make up reasons for it afterwards.
Most of us, when all is said and done, like what we like and make up reasons for it afterwards.
Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.
Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.
Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise;
His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.
Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise;
His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.
Before you give up, think of the reason why you held on so long.
Before you give up, think of the reason why you held on so long.
Two angels guide
The path of man, both aged and yet young.
As angels are, ripening through read more
Two angels guide
The path of man, both aged and yet young.
As angels are, ripening through endless years,
On one he leans: some call her Memory,
And some Tradition; and her voice is sweet,
With deep mysterious accords: the other,
Floating above, holds down a lamp with streams
A light divine and searching on the earth,
Compelling eyes and footsteps. Memory yields,
Yet clings with loving check, and shines anew,
Reflecting all the rays of that bright lamp
Our angel Reason holds. We had not walked
But for Tradition; we walk evermore
To higher paths by brightening Reason's lamp.
All is but a jest, all dust, all not worth two peason:
For why in man's matters is neither read more
All is but a jest, all dust, all not worth two peason:
For why in man's matters is neither rime nor reason.
[Lat., Omnia sunt risus, sunt pulvis, et omnia nil sunt:
Res hominum cunctae, nam ratione lies.]
Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
"I can't" isn't a reason to give up, it's a reason to try harder
"I can't" isn't a reason to give up, it's a reason to try harder
