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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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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.

by Louis Brandeis Found in: Reason Quotes,
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There is no reason to repeat bad history.

There is no reason to repeat bad history.

by Eleanor Holmes Norton Found in: Reason Quotes,
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Man has received direct from God only one instrument wherewith to know himself and to know his relation to the read more

Man has received direct from God only one instrument wherewith to know himself and to know his relation to the universe--he has no other--and that instrument is reason.

by Leo Tolstoi Found in: Reason Quotes,
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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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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.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Reason Quotes,
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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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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,

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Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

by Voltaire Found in: Reason Quotes,
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Reason itself is fallible, and this fallibility must find a place in our logic.

Reason itself is fallible, and this fallibility must find a place in our logic.

by Nicola Abbagnano Found in: Reason Quotes,
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