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The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.
The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.
Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.
Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule.
[Lat., Nihil potest esse diuturnum cui non subest ratio.]
Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule.
[Lat., Nihil potest esse diuturnum cui non subest ratio.]
An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.
An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving read more
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.
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.
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.]
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.