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Metaphysics may be, after all, only the art of being sure of somet

Metaphysics may be, after all, only the art of being sure of something that is not so, and logic only the art of going wrong with confidence. – Joseph Wood Krutch, The Modern Temper, 1929 (Thanks, Jeff)

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The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational. – A. N. Wilson

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I cannot tell by what logic we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly; they being created in those outward shapes and figures which best express the actions of their inward forms. – Sir Thomas Browne

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The last function of reason is to recognize that there are an infinity of things which surpass it. – Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 1670

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If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle. – Rita Mae Brown

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