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title: "3 Difference Reason Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Everybody in the world has an ego. The only difference between us is we have a reason to have an ego.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-barkley/everybody-in-the-world-has-an-ego-the-only-difference-between-us-is/)

[Charles Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-barkley/)

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> [The difference between the reason of man and the instinct of the beast is this, that the beast does but know, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-donne/the-difference-between-the-reason-of-man-and-the-instinct-of-the/)

[John Donne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-donne/)

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> [I would call the attention of the reader to the difference between "reason" and "reasoning." Reason is a light, reasoning a process.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/i-would-call-the-attention-of-the-reader-to-the-difference-between/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

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