Quote#Science & Reason
Reason is a very light rider and easily shook off
Quote byJonathan Swift · 1667–1745
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: As quoted in The World's Laconics : Or, The Best Thoughts Of The Best Authors (1827) by Johan TImbs, p. 25.
English (original)
Reason is a very light rider and easily shook off.
— Jonathan Swift
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