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    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.]

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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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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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Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

by Voltaire 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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It is not necessary to retain facts that we may reason concerning
them.
[Fr., Il n'est pas necessaire read more

It is not necessary to retain facts that we may reason concerning
them.
[Fr., Il n'est pas necessaire de tenir les choses pour en
raisonner.]

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Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

by Thomas Paine Found in: Reason Quotes,
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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.

by William Hazlitt Found in: Reason Quotes,
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Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to admit it.

Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to admit it.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Reason Quotes,
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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.

by Unknown Found in: Reason Quotes,
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