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Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.
Reasonableness
George Bernard Shaw

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The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.
Action
Samuel Smiles

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Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.
Fear
Frederick Smith

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It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.
Faith
Sydney Smith

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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
Reason
Sophocles

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I am sure that since I have had the full use of my reason, nobody has heard me laugh.
Laughter
Philip Dormer Stanhope

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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
Health
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
Obstinacy
Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
Reason
Jonathan Swift

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An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.
Anger
Publilius Syrus

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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Leaders and Leadership
Publius Cornelius Tacitus

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Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die.
Soldier
Lord Alfred Tennyson

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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
Hatred
William M. Thackeray

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One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.
Men
Margaret Thatcher

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Ingratitude is treason to mankind.
Ingratitude
James Thomson

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To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.
Forgiveness
John Tillotson

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Reason over passion.
Reason
Pierre Elliott Trudeau

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The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth.
Soul
Tuckerman

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If they had not landed there would be some reason for celebrating the fact.
Pilgrims
Mark Twain

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Imagination is the pontoon bridge making way for the timid feet of reason.
Imagination
Source Unknown

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Man always has two reasons for the things he does; the logical one and the real one.
Reason
Source Unknown

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People do more from custom than from reason.
Custom
Source Unknown

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The customer is our reason for being here.
Customers
Source Unknown

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The only reason I might go to the funeral is to make absolutely sure that he's dead.
Funerals
Source Unknown

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The reason there are so few good talkers in public is that there are so few thinkers in private.
Thoughts and Thinking
Source Unknown

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun