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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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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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Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation. – Mason Cooley

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Truly, that reason upon which we plume ourselves, though it may answer for little things, yet for great decisions is hardly surer than a toss-up. – Charles Sanders Peirce

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Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. – Ambrose Bierce

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