"Reason does not reason. It goes straight to the fact or the consequence."

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“All these philosophers are no more than surgeons.”

“Fortunately, when he lacks reason he also lacks words.”

“In such times, if you want neither to lie nor to wound, you are reduced to being silent.”

“Stars more beautiful to the eyes than the telescope that robs them of their illusions.”

“The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them forever.”

“Of what must be said and what must not be said. The importance of knowing.”

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"You need to understand that informed intuition, rather than analytical reason, is the most trustworthy decision-making tool to use."

— Geoffrey Moore

Literature1946

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"I have always, from my earliest youth, rejoiced in the felicity of my fellow-men; and have ever considered it as the indispensable able duty of every member of society to promote, as far as in him lie…"

— John Hancock

Politics1737–1793

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"The order of authority derives from God, as the Apostle says [in Romans 13:1-7]. For this reason, the duty of obedience is, for the Christian, a consequence of this derivation of authority fro…"

— Thomas Aquinas

Religion1225–1274

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"Revolutionaries see history as a creation of their own spirit, as being made up of a continuous series of violent tugs at the other forces of society - both active and passive, and they prepare the ma…"

— Antonio Gramsci

Philosophy1891–1937

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