The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart. William Butler Yeats
The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.ReasonQuotations by William Butler Yeats
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Reason is emotion for the sexless. Heathcote Williams
Reason is emotion for the sexless.ReasonQuotations by Heathcote Williams
Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world. William Allen White
Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.ReasonQuotations by William Allen White
An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly. Edwin P. Whipple
An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.ReasonQuotations by Edwin P. Whipple
Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason. John Wesley
Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason.ReasonQuotations by John Wesley
Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth. William Warburton
Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.ReasonQuotations by William Warburton
The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. Voltaire
The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.ReasonQuotations by Voltaire
You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into. Source Unknown
You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into.ReasonQuotations by Source Unknown
Man always has two reasons for the things he does; the logical one and the real one. Source Unknown
Man always has two reasons for the things he does; the logical one and the real one.ReasonQuotations by Source Unknown
Reason over passion. Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Reason over passion.ReasonQuotations by Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility creates crime. Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility creates crime.ReasonQuotations by Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
A man always has two reasons for doing anything — a good reason and the real reason. John Pierpont Morgan
A man always has two reasons for doing anything — a good reason and the real reason.ReasonQuotations by John Pierpont Morgan
Our reason may prove what it will: our reason is only a feeble ray that has issued from Nature. Maurice Maeterlinck
Our reason may prove what it will: our reason is only a feeble ray that has issued from Nature.ReasonQuotations by Maurice Maeterlinck
Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has. Martin Luther
Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has.ReasonQuotations by Martin Luther
An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run. James Russell Lowell
An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.ReasonQuotations by James Russell Lowell
It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.ReasonQuotations by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason. Immanuel Kant
Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.ReasonQuotations by Immanuel Kant
Reason gains all people by compelling none. Aaron Hill
Reason gains all people by compelling none.ReasonQuotations by Aaron Hill
What is rational is actual, and what is actual is rational. Georg Hegel
What is rational is actual, and what is actual is rational.ReasonQuotations by Georg Hegel
To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it. William Hazlitt
To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.ReasonQuotations by William Hazlitt
Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. Alexander Hamilton
Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.ReasonQuotations by Alexander Hamilton
I’ll not listen to reason. Reason always means what someone else has got to say. Elizabeth Gaskell
I’ll not listen to reason. Reason always means what someone else has got to say.ReasonQuotations by Elizabeth Gaskell
Reason can in general do more than blind force. Gaius C. Gallus
Reason can in general do more than blind force.ReasonQuotations by Gaius C. Gallus
A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with. James A. Froude
A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.ReasonQuotations by James A. Froude
Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up. Robert Frost
Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.ReasonQuotations by Robert Frost
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason. Henry Fielding
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.ReasonQuotations by Henry Fielding
Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone. John Dryden
Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.ReasonQuotations by John Dryden
No one ever excused his way to success. Dave Del Dotto
No one ever excused his way to success.ReasonQuotations by Dave Del Dotto
The trouble with Reason is that it becomes meaningless at the exact point where it refuses to act. Bernard Devoto
The trouble with Reason is that it becomes meaningless at the exact point where it refuses to act.ReasonQuotations by Bernard Devoto
Reason is a whore, surviving by simulation, versatility, and shamelessness. E. M. Cioran
Reason is a whore, surviving by simulation, versatility, and shamelessness.ReasonQuotations by E. M. Cioran
Reason should direct and appetite obey. Marcus T. Cicero
Reason should direct and appetite obey.ReasonQuotations by Marcus T. Cicero
The more you reason the less you create. Raymond Chandler
The more you reason the less you create.ReasonQuotations by Raymond Chandler
People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.ReasonQuotations by Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason. Thomas Carlyle
A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason.ReasonQuotations by Thomas Carlyle
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. Samuel Butler
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.Quotations by Samuel Butler
As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason. Sir Thomas Browne
As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.ReasonQuotations by Sir Thomas Browne
To reason about love is to lose reason. Boufflers
To reason about love is to lose reason.ReasonQuotations by Boufflers
We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities. Henry Bolingbroke
We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.ReasonQuotations by Henry Bolingbroke
Some excel in rhyme who reason foolishly. Nicholas Boileau
Some excel in rhyme who reason foolishly.ReasonQuotations by Nicholas Boileau
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. Charles Baudelaire
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.ReasonQuotations by Charles Baudelaire