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    Two angels guide
    The path of man, both aged and yet young.
    As angels are, ripening through endless years,
    On one he leans: some call her Memory,
    And some Tradition; and her voice is sweet,
    With deep mysterious accords: the other,
    Floating above, holds down a lamp with streams
    A light divine and searching on the earth,
    Compelling eyes and footsteps. Memory yields,
    Yet clings with loving check, and shines anew,
    Reflecting all the rays of that bright lamp
    Our angel Reason holds. We had not walked
    But for Tradition; we walk evermore
    To higher paths by brightening Reason's lamp.

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Let reason govern desire.

Let reason govern desire.

by Marcus T. Cicero Found in: Reason Quotes,
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The reasoning of the strongest is always the best.
[Fr., La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure.]

The reasoning of the strongest is always the best.
[Fr., La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure.]

by Jean De La Fontaine Found in: Reason Quotes,
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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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"I can't" isn't a reason to give up, it's a reason to try harder

"I can't" isn't a reason to give up, it's a reason to try harder

by Voltaire Found in: Reason Quotes,
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Indu'd
With sanctity of reason.

Indu'd
With sanctity of reason.

by John Milton Found in: Reason Quotes,
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To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures
generally content themselves with the title.

To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures
generally content themselves with the title.

by John Locke Found in: Reason Quotes,
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Setting themselves against reason, as often as reason is against
them.

Setting themselves against reason, as often as reason is against
them.

by Thomas Hobbes Found in: Reason Quotes,
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Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's.

Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's.

by Welsh Proverb Found in: Reason Quotes,
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There is no reason to repeat bad history.

There is no reason to repeat bad history.

by Eleanor Holmes Norton Found in: Reason Quotes,
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