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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.
A noble heart will always capitulate to 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.
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.
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.
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.]
The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.
The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.
Reasons are not like garments, the worse for wearing.
- Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex,
Reasons are not like garments, the worse for wearing.
- Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex,
The reasoning of the strongest is always the best.
[Fr., La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure.]
The reasoning of the strongest is always the best.
[Fr., La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure.]
