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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.]
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.
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.
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.
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.
I'll not listen to reason. . . . Reason always means what someone else has got to say.
I'll not listen to reason. . . . Reason always means what someone else has got to say.
Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.
Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.