It was also believed [in barbarous times] that certain things must be accepted as true, no matter whether they were reasonable or not; that it was pleasing to God to believe a certain creed, especially if it happened to be the creed of the majority.
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833–1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Lecture (1881-05-01) “The Great Infidels,” Booth’s Theater, New York
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REASONABLE, adj. Accessible to the infection of our own opinions. Hospitable to persuasion, dissuasion and evasion.
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914?) American writer and journalist
“Reasonable,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
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Originally published in the "Cynic's Dictionary" column in the San Francisco Examiner.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright and critic
Man and Superman, “Maxims for Revolutionists,” “Reason” (1903)
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He, who will not reason, is a bigot; he, who cannot, is a fool; and he, who dares not, is a slave.
William Drummond of Logie-Almond (1770–1828) Scottish classical scholar, philosopher, diplomat, politician
Academical Questions, Preface (1805)
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Sometimes misattributed to Byron.
