Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.
—Benjamin Jowett (1817–93) British Theologian, Educator
Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.
—Joseph Wood Krutch (1893–1970) American Writer, Critic, Naturalist
Logic is like the sword—those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.
—Samuel Butler
Ethics make one’s soul mannerly and wise, but logic is the armory of reason, furnished with all offensive and defensive weapons.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) Austrian-born British Philosopher
It was a saying of the ancients, that “truth lies in a well” and to carry on the metaphor, we may justly say, that logic supplies us with steps whereby we may go down to reach the water.
—Isaac Watts (1674–1748) English Hymn writer
Better to be without logic than without feeling.
—Charlotte Bronte (1816–1855) English Novelist, Poet
Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not acknowledge until we are crushed under its wheel.
—Ivan Turgenev (1818–83) Russian Novelist, Playwright
Logic is the key to an all-inclusive spiritual well-being.
—Marlene Dietrich (1901–92) German-American Film Actress, Cabaret Performer
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 (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.
—Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) Scottish Writer
The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.
—Louis Brandeis (1856–1941) American Jurist
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
—Samuel Butler
Logic and consistency are luxuries for the gods and the lower animals.
—Samuel Butler
Syllogism is of necessary use, even to the lovers of truth, to show them the fallacies that are often concealed in florid, witty, or involved discourses.
—John Locke (1632–1704) English Philosopher, Physician
Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
—Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali Poet, Polymath
Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.
—Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015) American Actor
Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth
—Jean de La Bruyere (1645–96) French Satiric Moralist, Author
Reason also is choice.
—John Milton (1608–74) English Poet, Civil Servant, Scholar, Debater
Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.
—Rita Mae Brown (b.1944) American Writer, Feminist
Logic works; metaphysics contemplates.
—Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French Writer, Moralist
People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) Irish Poet, Dramatist
Logic and metaphysics make use of more tools than all the rest of the sciences put together, and they do the least work.
—Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
—Rita Mae Brown (b.1944) American Writer, Feminist
Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913) American Short-story Writer, Journalist
Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95) English Biologist
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.
—Claude Levi-Strauss (1908–2009) French Social Anthropologist, Philosopher
A man always has two reasons for what he does good one, and the real one.
—J. P. Morgan (1837–1913) American Financier, Philanthropist, Art Collector
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