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The authority of reason is far more imperious than that of a
master; for he who disobeys the one is unhappy but he who
disobeys the other is a fool.
Pascal
Man is a creature of impulse, emotion, action rather than
reason. Reason is a very late development in the world of
living creatures, most of whom, as far as we know, get along
admirably in daily life without it.
James T. Adams
We think so because other people all think so; or because ---
or because --- after all, we do think so; or because we were
told so and think we must think so; or because we once thought
so and think we still think so; or because, having thought so,
we think we will think so.
Henry Sidgwick
Reason can no more influence the will, and act as a motive,
than the eyes which show a man his road can enable him to move
from place to place or than a ship provided with a compass can
sail without a wind.
Whately
Wouldst thou subject all things to thyself? Subject thyself to
thy reason.
Seneca
He is next to the gods whom reason and not passion impels.
Claudian
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