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Reason can in general do more than blind force.
Reason can in general do more than blind force.
All is but a jest, all dust, all not worth two peason:
For why in man's matters is neither read more
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.]
Say first, of God above or man below,
What can we reason but from what we know?
Say first, of God above or man below,
What can we reason but from what we know?
The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.
The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.
Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
Reason is the mistress and queen of all things.
[Lat., Domina omnium et regina ratio.]
Reason is the mistress and queen of all things.
[Lat., Domina omnium et regina ratio.]
The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.
The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.
He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not read more
He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave.
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.
