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

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

Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to read more

Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.

A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule.
[Lat., Nihil potest esse diuturnum cui non subest ratio.]

Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule.
[Lat., Nihil potest esse diuturnum cui non subest ratio.]

I'll not listen to reason. . . . Reason always means what someone else has got to say.

I'll not listen to reason. . . . Reason always means what someone else has got to say.

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly read more

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be.

Reason can in general do more than blind force.

Reason can in general do more than blind force.