"The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear."

Charles de Montesquieu, French Philosopher

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"I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die."

Isaac Asimov, American Scientist

Reason,

"The word "belief" is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

Reason, Word

"I win by means of nothing but logic and I surrender to nothing but logic. I do not surrender my reason or deal with men who surrender theirs."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Reason, Logic, Surrender, Integrity

"There's no reason you should write any novel quickly."

John Irving, American Novelist

Reason,

"How well he's read, to reason against reading!"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Reason,

"As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Reason, Writer

"I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it's going to happen."

Lou Reed, American Musician

Reason,

"No emotion is, in itself, a judgement; in that sense all emotions and sentiments are alogical. but they can be reasonable or unreasonable as they conform to Reason or fail to conform. The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Reason, Emotion, Logic, Judgment

"If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Reason,

"It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

Reason, Truth, Wisdom, Observation

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"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice."

Justice

"Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it."

God

"Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones."

Friendship

"It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption."

Age

"The severity of the laws prevents their execution."

Law

"Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed."

Success

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"I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die."

"The word "belief" is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it."

"I win by means of nothing but logic and I surrender to nothing but logic. I do not surrender my reason or deal with men who surrender theirs."

"There's no reason you should write any novel quickly."

"How well he's read, to reason against reading!"

"As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning."

"I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it's going to happen."

"No emotion is, in itself, a judgement; in that sense all emotions and sentiments are alogical. but they can be reasonable or unreasonable as they conform to Reason or fail to conform. The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it."

"If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason."

"It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into."

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"The less men think, the more they talk."

"In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed."

"To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them."

"I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve."

"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice."

"Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it."

"Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones."

"It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption."

"The severity of the laws prevents their execution."

"Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed."