Reasonable

Famous quotes containing the word reasonable:

“Amplification is the vice of modern oratory. It is an insult to an assembly of reasonable men, disgusting and revolting instead of persuading. Speeches measured by the hour, die by the hour.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“Is it reasonable that even the arts should take advantage of and profit by our natural stupidity and feebleness of mind?”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“Truly it is reasonable to make a great distinction between the faults that come from our weakness and those that come from our wickedness.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)