A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.

A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.

Subdue
By force, who reason for their law refuse,
Right reason for their law.

Subdue
By force, who reason for their law refuse,
Right reason for their law.

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.

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.]

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.

Reason can in general do more than blind force.

Reason can in general do more than blind force.

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."

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

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

You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.

You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.