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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.]
Setting themselves against reason, as often as reason is against
them.
Setting themselves against reason, as often as reason is against
them.
All extremes does perfect reason flee,
And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
[Fr., La parfaite raison read more
All extremes does perfect reason flee,
And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
[Fr., La parfaite raison fuit toute extremite,
Et veut que l'on soit sage avec sobriete.]
But it is not reason that governs love.
[Fr., Mais la raison n'est pas ce qui regle l'amour.]
But it is not reason that governs love.
[Fr., Mais la raison n'est pas ce qui regle l'amour.]
To the people I forgot, you weren't on my mind for some reason and you probably don't deserve any thanks read more
To the people I forgot, you weren't on my mind for some reason and you probably don't deserve any thanks anyway.
Before you give up, think of the reason why you held on so long.
Before you give up, think of the reason why you held on so long.
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."
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that
his reason is weak.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that
his reason is weak.
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.