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Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
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.
The more reason, the less government.
The more reason, the less government.
Eloquence may set fire to reason.
Eloquence may set fire to reason.
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.]
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.
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.]
A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
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.