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    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.]

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Reason is a harmonizing, controlling force rather than a creative one.

Reason is a harmonizing, controlling force rather than a creative one.

by Bertrand Russell 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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A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.

A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.

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Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule . . . as making the
worse appear the better reason.

Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule . . . as making the
worse appear the better reason.

by Laertius Diogenes Found in: Reason Quotes,
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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.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Reason Quotes,
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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.

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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.

by Unknown Found in: Reason Quotes,
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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."

by John Keats Found in: Reason Quotes,
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Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

by James Robinson Found in: Reason Quotes,
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