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Reason Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.
- Little boats should keep near shore
- The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine revelation.
- The colonies would gladly have borne the little tax on tea and other matters had it not been that England took away from the colonies…
- "We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable" in a draft of the Declaration of Independence changes it instead into an assertion of rationality.…
- It is the man and woman united that makes the complete human being. Separate she lacks his force of body and strength of reason; he…
- The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our…
- Force shites upon Reason's Back.
- Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.
- One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.
- Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.
- If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
- Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
- The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.
- Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
- So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a…
- I hope...that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for…
- The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle.
- Wouldst thou enjoy a long Life, a healthy Body, and a vigorous Mind, and be acquainted also with the wonderful Works of God? labour in…
- The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our…
More Reason Quotes
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- The law is reason, free from passion. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is… — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices… — Lance Armstrong
- I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. — Isaac Asimov
- The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the… — Mary Astell
- Dealing with global warming doesn't mean we have all got to suddenly stop breathing. Dealing with global warming means that we have… — David Attenborough