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From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other. – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Logic is a large drawer, containing some useful instruments, and many more that are superfluous. A wise man will look into it for two purposes, to avail himself of those instruments that are really useful, and to admire the ingenuity with which those that are not so, are assorted and arranged. – Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon

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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. – Samuel Butler

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Common sense, however it tries, cannot avoid being surprised from time to time. – Bertrand Russell

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A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. – Rabindranath Tagore

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