Quote by Thomas Carlyle
A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reaso

A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason. – Thomas Carlyle

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If you look deep enough you will see music the heart of nature being everywhere music. – Thomas Carlyle

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As if reasoning were any kind of writing or talking which tends to convince people that some doctrine or measure is true and right. – Catharine Esther Beecher

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Reason lies between the bridle and the spur. – Italian Proverb

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That proves you are unusual, returned the Scarecrow; and I am convinced the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed. – Lyman Frank Baum

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Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. – Charles Baudelaire

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