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Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.


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VIRGINIA WOOLF Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others.
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NATSUKI TAKAYA Sometimes, impossibility isn't about defying reason,
but simply lack of willingness to believe ...
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GEORGE GORDON BYRON Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slav...
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DJIMON HOUNSOU We live for many reason but we all have to die for no reason.
KOWSALAPATHY Don't do it for a reason, do it not to reason.
EPHDAN Those who have dissected or inspected many [bodies] have at least learnt to doubt; while others who ...
GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORGAGNI The reason we see hypocrisy and fraud and unreality in others is because they are all in our own hea...
OSWALD CHAMBERS Only optimists commit suicide, optimists who no longer succeed at being optimists. The others, havin...
EMIL M. CIORAN The reason why people tend to hurt others, it's because they are hurting inside in the first place.....
JOHN B. BEJO BE AN INSPIRATION TO OTHERS; BE THE REASON THEY DON'T GIVE UP IN LIFE.
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SIMON SINEK Uniqueness lies in not comparing oneself to others.
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SIMONE WEIL Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.
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EVY MICHAELS But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
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VOLTAIRE The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.
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KEN POIROT I think Dr. King would be shedding a tear this morning, because we have done to ourselves what other...
EUGENE WHITE I'm a strong believer in 'everything is meant to be for a reason.'
NICOLE SCHERZINGER That's the reason they're called lessons, because they lesson from day to day.
LEWIS CARROLL We are so free to be who we want to be, and it is the reason why most are led astray. In the midst o...
ANDONI GARCIA Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason, some come to learn and others come to teac...
UNKNOWN The only reason to invest in the market is because you think you know something others don't.
R. FOSTER WINANS Some people meet you for a reason, while others meet you to stay there in your life.
AKANSH MALIK The end of all knowledge should be service to others.
CESAR CHAVEZ Passion belongs to nothing and reason belong to many things that’s why reason it is better than pa...
ZAMAN ALI Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
GEORGE MACDONALD All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do...
DANNY THOMAS The most important service to others is service to those who are not like yourself.
J. IRWIN MILLER Some things happen for a reason,
Others just come with the season.
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ANGELICA HOPES Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return.
ROY T. BENNETT Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return.
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FRANCIS PICABIA Look, the president can discharge all 93 U.S. attorneys for no reason at all, but not for a bad reas...
ARLEN SPECTER Those whom heaven helps we call the sons of heaven. They do not learn this by learning. They do not ...
URSULA K. LE GUIN The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others ...
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VISHWAS CHAVAN The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others ...
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BARBARA DEMING The way I see it, God gave us life for some reason and took away life from others for some other rea...
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WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD Was it possible to find recompense, meaning, connection with others amidst the mess and the muddle ?
ELIZABETH BUCHAN If you are busy pleasing everyone, you are not being true to yourself
JOCELYN MURRAY Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON Ours not to reason why Ours but to do and die.
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WOODROW WILSON I am no God. I am no Messiah. I am no divine incarnation. I am but a human in the service of humans.
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FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Many that are not mad have, sure, more lack of reason.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
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WILLIAM PENN Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is th...
WILLIAM PENN There was no reason at all to toss me,
JOHN GIBBONS Whenever you serve someone from your heart, the food tastes so much better
BUNMI SHONUBI (BOAT) The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.
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