No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Logic Quotes

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more...

Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more...

Happiness and misery depend not on how high up or low down you are -...

Happiness and misery depend not on how high up or low down you are -...

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them...

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them...

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what...

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what...