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    This is our chief bane, that we live not according to the light
    of reason, but after the fashion of others.
    [Lat., Id nobis maxime nocet, quod non ad rationis lumen sed ad
    similitudinem aliorum vivimus.]

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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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Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.

Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.

by William Warburton 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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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.

by Alexander Pope 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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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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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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The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.

The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.

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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.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Reason Quotes,
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