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This is our chief bane, that we live not according to the light
of reason, but after the fashion read more

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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If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be could reserach, now would it?

If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be could reserach, now would it?

by Albert Einstein Found in: Reason Quotes,
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All is but a jest, all dust, all not worth two peason:
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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.]

by Puttenham Found in: Reason Quotes,
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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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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.

by William Hazlitt Found in: Reason Quotes,
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Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them read more

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.

by Ayn Rand Found in: Reason Quotes,
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There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly read more

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be.

by George Sheehan Found in: Reason Quotes,
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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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An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.

An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.

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