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    But all was false and hollow; though his tongue
    Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear
    The better reason, to perplex and dash
    Maturest counsels.

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Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

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For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear
the better reason.
[Lat., Nam et Socrati objiciunt read more

For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear
the better reason.
[Lat., Nam et Socrati objiciunt comici, docere eum quomodo
pejorem causam meliorem faciat.]

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Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.

Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.

by William Allen White Found in: Reason Quotes,
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The more reason, the less government.

The more reason, the less government.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Reason Quotes,
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This case may also be notable for the chutzpah of the Assistant United States Attorney in advancing as a reason read more

This case may also be notable for the chutzpah of the Assistant United States Attorney in advancing as a reason for striking a juror that, "I have a P rule, I never accept anyone whose occupation begins with a P. He is a pipeline operator." This is.

by Legal Opinion Found in: Reason Quotes,
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Setting themselves against reason, as often as reason is against
them.

Setting themselves against reason, as often as reason is against
them.

by Thomas Hobbes Found in: Reason Quotes,
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What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving read more

What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Reason Quotes,
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Reason can in general do more than blind force.

Reason can in general do more than blind force.

by Gallus Found in: Reason Quotes,
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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.

by Soren F. Petersen Found in: Reason Quotes,
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