We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry Bolingbroke ,
We know truth, not only by reason, but also by the heart. Great short quote and quotation by: Blaise Pascal , French mathematician, physicist (1623 – 1662)
We taste and feel and see the truth. We do not reason outselves into it. Great short quote and quotation by: William Butler Yeats , Irish dramatist & poet (1865 – 1939)
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 2 scene 2
What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! Great short quote and quotation by: William Shakespeare, “Hamlet”, Act 2 scene 2 , Greatest English dramatist & poet […]
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What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motions of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason. Great short quote and quotation by: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps ,
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What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing–to live in accord with his nature. Great short quote and quotation by: Seneca , Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC – 65 AD)
Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus.
When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire . . . Great short quote and quotation by: Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus. , Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC – 399 BC)
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When men exercise their reason coolly and freely on a variety of distinct questions, they inevitably fall into different opinions on some of them. When they are governed by a common passion, their opinions, if they are to be called, will be the same. Great short quote and quotation by: Alexander Hamilton , US (Scottish-born) […]
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure. Great short quote and quotation by: Seneca , Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC – 65 AD)
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong? Great short quote and quotation by: Jane Austen , English novelist (1775 – 1817)
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong? Great short quote and quotation by: Jane Austen , English novelist (1775 – 1817)