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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.
The more reason, the less government.
The more reason, the less government.
The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.
The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.
This is our chief bane, that we live not according to the light
of reason, but after the fashion read more
This is our chief bane, that we live not according to the light
of reason, but after the fashion of others.
[Lat., Id nobis maxime nocet, quod non ad rationis lumen sed ad
similitudinem aliorum vivimus.]
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.]
If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold.
If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that
his reason is weak.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that
his reason is weak.
You have ravished me away by a Power I cannot resist; and yet I
could resist till I saw read more
You have ravished me away by a Power I cannot resist; and yet I
could resist till I saw you; and even since I have seen you I
endeavored often "to reason against the reasons of my Love."
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.