Reasonable Man Quotes

23 quotes by 18 authors

A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
An act of God was defined as something which no reasonable man could have expected. — A. P. Herbert
Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man. — George Bernard Shaw
The first thing the reasonable man must do is to be content with a very little knowledge and a very great deal of ignorance. The… — Arthur David Ritchie
Can any reasonable man be well disposed toward a government which makes war and carnage the only means of supporting itself? — Alexander Hamilton
And what have you laymen made of hell? A kind of penal servitude for eternity, on the lines of your convict prisons on earth, to… — Georges Bernanos
The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love. all these are extra-rational, but love is not anti-rational, that is to… — Bertrand Russell
The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of 'The Reasonable Man'. — A. P. Herbert
It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man. — Democritus
No reasonable man, much less a Christian, can or should take part in the efforts of Communists and Socialists — C. F. W. Walther
It is natural for men to want power. But to seek power actively takes a temperament baffling to both the simple and the wise. The… — Gore Vidal
Falling in love is one of the activities forbidden that tiresome person, the consistently reasonable man. — Arthur Eddington
It was pleasant to me to get a letter from you the other day. Perhaps I should have found it pleasanter if I had been… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually… — Francois Rabelais
While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were… — H.G. Wells
Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it? — Bertrand Russell
I like to think of myself as a reasonable man. But I have buried too many friends in the too-recent past, and I have seen… — Mira Grant
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable… — George Bernard Shaw
I consider myself a reasonable man. As such, I tend to expect others to behave with a modicum of reason and common sense. Especially those… — Peter Horton
No administration could stop the tidal wave of immigration that swept over the land; no political party could restrain or control the enterprise of our… — Nelson A. Miles

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