Reason Quotes - Page 64
Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”, p.270
We may take Fancy for a companion, but must follow Reason as our guide.
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.258
It is not the way to convert a sinner to knock him down first and then reason with him.
"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 411, 1895.
And so it is they who, between them, give me all the reasons for believing in none.
Salman Rushdie (2008). “The Enchantress of Florence”, p.45, Random House
S. M. Stirling (2011). “The Council of Shadows: A Novel of the Shadowspawn”, p.126, Penguin
One reason I never called balks is that I never understood the rule.
Ron Luciano, David Fisher (1984). “Strike Two”, G K Hall & Company
Robinson Jeffers, Albert Gelpi (2003). “The Wild God of the World: An Anthology of Robinson Jeffers”, p.46, Stanford University Press
Ay! idleness! the rich folks never fail To find some reason why the poor deserve Their miseries.
Robert Southey (1854). “Ballads, metrical tales and other poems”, p.141
Robert Frost (1963). “Selected poems”