Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–44) French Novelist, Aviator
Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95) English Biologist
Logic is the art of convincing us of some truth.
—Jean de La Bruyere (1645–96) French Satiric Moralist, Author
Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth
—Jean de La Bruyere (1645–96) French Satiric Moralist, Author
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.
—Indian Proverb
I cannot tell by what logic we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly; they being created in those outward shapes and figures which best express the actions of their inward forms.
—Thomas Browne (1605–82) English Author, Physician
Reason also is choice.
—John Milton (1608–74) English Poet, Civil Servant, Scholar, Debater
Humor is something that thrives between man’s aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.
—Victor Borge (1909–2000) Danish-American Comedian, Musician
Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps straight from the problem to the answer.
—Robert Ranke Graves (1895–1985) English Poet, Novelist, Critic, Classical Scholar
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 and rhetoric make men able to contend.—Logic differeth from rhetoric as the fist from the palm; the one close, the other at large.
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
—Rita Mae Brown (b.1944) American Writer, Feminist
The real trouble with this world of ours is not that it is an unreasonable world, nor even that it is a reasonable one. The commonest kind of trouble is that it is nearly reasonable, but not quite. Life is not an illogicality; yet it is a trap for logicians. It looks just a little more mathematical and regular than it is; its exactitude is obvious, but its inexactitude is hidden; its wildness lies in wait.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Logic is one thing and Common Sense another.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) Austrian-born British 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
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
Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.
—William Ewart Gladstone (1809–98) English Liberal Statesman, Prime Minister
Logic is a system whereby one may go wrong with confidence.
—Charles F. Kettering (1876–1958) American Inventor, Entrepreneur, Businessperson
Logic pervades the world; the limits of the world are also the limits of logic.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) Austrian-born British Philosopher
Almost anything carried to a logical extreme becomes depressing.
—Ursula K. Le Guin (b.1929) American Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer
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
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
You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Better to be without logic than without feeling.
—Charlotte Bronte (1816–1855) English Novelist, Poet
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
The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.
—Andre Gide (1869–1951) French Novelist
Reason can wrestle and overthrow terror.
—Euripides (480–406 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
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