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Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.
Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.
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.]
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.
But all was false and hollow; though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear
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But all was false and hollow; though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear
The better reason, to perplex and dash
Maturest counsels.
Eloquence may set fire to reason.
Eloquence may set fire to reason.
If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be could reserach, now would it?
If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be could reserach, now would 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.
Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
Setting themselves against reason, as often as reason is against
them.
Setting themselves against reason, as often as reason is against
them.