Reason Quotes - Page 111
I do not think you can find a reason for everything you make.
Maya Lin (2016). “Boundaries”, p.170, Simon and Schuster
Culture and Anarchy ch. 1 (1869) See Swift 1
The conduct of an accountable being must be regulated by the operations of its own reason.
Mary Wollstonecraft (1796). “A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and moral subjects”, p.72
Good habits, imperceptibly fixed, are far preferable to the precepts of reason.
Mary Wollstonecraft (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Mary Wollstonecraft (Illustrated)”, p.222, Delphi Classics
Prejudices of taste, likings and dislikings, are not always vanquishable by reason.
Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery”, p.32
Maybe any action becomes cowardly once you stop to reason about it.
Mary McCarthy (2017). “Mary McCarthy: Novels 1963-1979”, p.409, Library of America
The sign of a good decision is the multiplicity of reasons for it.
Mary Doria Russell (1998). “Children of God: A Novel”, Villard Books
Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.42, Cambridge University Press