Time, which wears down
Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory. Francois Rabelais
Reasonable Man
It is hard to
It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man. Democritus
A reasonable man adjusts
A reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. An unreasonable man expects the world to adjust itself to him. Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable people. Confucius
No reasonable man, much
No reasonable man, much less a Christian, can or should take part in the efforts of Communists and Socialists C. F. W. Walther
The three main extra-rational
The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love. all these are extra-rational, but love is not anti-rational, that is to say, a reasonable man may reasonably rejoice in its existence Bertrand Russell
Is there any knowledge
Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it? Bertrand Russell
Falling in love is
Falling in love is one of the activities forbidden that tiresome person, the consistently reasonable man. Arthur Eddington
The first thing the
The first thing the reasonable man must do is to be content with a very little knowledge and a very great deal of ignorance. The second thing he must do is to make the utmost possible use of the knowledge he has and not waste his energy crying for the moon. The third thing he … Read more
Jealousy is both reasonable
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy. Aristotle
Can any reasonable man
Can any reasonable man be well disposed toward a government which makes war and carnage the only means of supporting itself? Alexander Hamilton