"The authority of reason is far more..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal
The authority of reason is far more imperious than that of a master; for he who disobeys the one is unhappy, but he who disobeys the other is a fool.
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“By thought I embrace the universe.”
“That queen, of error, whom we call fancy and opinion, is the more deceitful because she does not always deceive. She would be the infallible rule of truth if she were the infallible rule of falsehood; but being only most frequently in error, she gives no evidence of her real quality, for she marks with the same character both that which is true and that which is false.”
“Those who are clever in imagination are far more pleased with themselves than prudent men could reasonably be.”
More on Reason
“There are two equally dangerous extremes-to shut reason out, and to let nothing else in.”
“There are ages in which the rational man and the intuitive man stand side by side, the one in fear of intuition, the other with scorn for abstraction. The latter is just as irrational as the former is inartistic.”
“The work of art is born of the intelligence's refusal to reason the concrete. It marks the triumph of the carnal.”
More on Authority
“I'm not a person who likes authority. I just love the fact that it's up to me, and I go straight to the audience.”
“He who in reasoning cites authority is making use of his memory rather than of his intellect.”
“Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?”