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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 heart has reasons that reason cannot know.
The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.
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.
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.
I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason.
[Lat., Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit read more
I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason.
[Lat., Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas.]
Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.
Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.
Most of us, when all is said and done, like what we like and make up reasons for it afterwards.
Most of us, when all is said and done, like what we like and make up reasons for it afterwards.
Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule . . . as making the
worse appear the better reason.
Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule . . . as making the
worse appear the better reason.
Eloquence may set fire to reason.
Eloquence may set fire to reason.
