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Reason is the mistress and queen of all things.
[Lat., Domina omnium et regina ratio.]
Reason is the mistress and queen of all things.
[Lat., Domina omnium et regina ratio.]
There is no reason to repeat bad history.
There is no reason to repeat bad history.
Eloquence may set fire to reason.
Eloquence may set fire to reason.
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.]
Reason can in general do more than blind force.
Reason can in general do more than blind force.
Once the people begin to reason, all is lost
Once the people begin to reason, all is lost
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one
Reasons are not like garments, the worse for wearing.
- Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex,
Reasons are not like garments, the worse for wearing.
- Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex,
We love without reason, and without reason we hate.
[Fr., On aime sans raison, et sans raison l'on hait.]
We love without reason, and without reason we hate.
[Fr., On aime sans raison, et sans raison l'on hait.]