Quote by Henry Bolingbroke
We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities. – Henry Bolingbroke

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Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt. – Henry Bolingbroke

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The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobodys word about them. – Henry Bolingbroke

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Men are blind in their own cause. – Heywood Broun

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Reason is the wise mans guide, example the fools. – Proverb

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The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force but of dedication, of moral persuasion. – Steve Biko

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There are strange flowers of reason to match each error of the senses. – Louis Aragon

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