Reason. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Reason


If there were reason for these miseries, Then into limits could I bind my woes:—— Wilt thou have a reason for this coil? Shakespeare.—Titus Andronicus, Act III. Scene 1. (On the mutilation of his daughter Lavinia by Demetrius and Chiron.)	1
While reason drew the plan, the heart inform’d The moral page, and fancy lent it grace. Thomson.—Liberty, Part IV.	2
I have no other but a woman’s reason: I think him so, because I think him so. Shakespeare.—Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I. Scene 2. (Lucetta to Julia.)	3
Give you a reason on compulsion! If reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion. Shakespeare.—King Henry IV., Part I. Act II. Scene 4. (Falstaff to Poins and Prince Henry.)	4
Reason raise o’er instinct as you can; In this ’tis God directs, in that ’tis man. Pope.—Essay on Man, Epi. III. Line 97.	5
Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food? Pope.—Essay on Man, Epi. III. Line 99.	6
Learn from the beasts the physic of the field. Pope.—Essay on Man, Epi. III. Line 174.	7
His reasons are two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them; and when you have found them they are not worth the search. Shakespeare.—Merchant of Venice, Act I. Scene 1. (Bassanio to Antonio.)	8