“We magistrates find that reason is the easiest thing in the world to dispense with; banished from our law courts as it is from our heads, we delight in trampling it underfoot, and that is what makes our judicial sentences such masterpieces, since (although commonsense never presides in them) those sentences are carried out with as much firmness as if people knew what they actually meant.”
Marquis de Sade, born on June 2, 1740, and died on December 2, 1814, was a prominent French philosopher and writer of the 18th century. He is known for his profound reflections on freedom, morality, and human behavior. more
“Reason may win truths; without Faith she will retain them just so long as Satan pleases.”
“If they finally move, is it because they are warm enough, or is it that they are stiff, or bored?”
“All love is blind to reason, and maybe that's why some people are so strong.”
“Who are "THEY", you are one of "They" and they are the people/humans.”