“Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule.”
Nihil potest esse diuturnum cui non subest ratio.
Quintus Curtius Rufus Roman historian
IV, 14, 19.
Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt, Book IV
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Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule.”
Nihil potest esse diuturnum cui non subest ratio.
Quintus Curtius Rufus Roman historian
IV, 14, 19.
Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt, Book IV
Raj Patel (1972) British academic
About global food economy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU5zT1r5Fk8 Marquette University (Retrieved on February 11, 2010.)
“A knave, when tried on honesty's plain rule,
And, when by that of reason, a mere fool”
William Cowper (1731–1800) (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist
Hope
“When truth and reason cannot be heard, then must presumption rule.”
Barbara W. Tuchman book A Distant Mirror
Admiral Jean de Vienne, quoted on p. 559
A Distant Mirror (1978)
“rules exist for a reason. Rules exist because when people don't follow them, people get hurt.”
Ally Carter book Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
Source: Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
“Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No. 1.”
Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
This maxim (perhaps of gambling or horse racing origin) is widely attributed to Warren Buffett and, as such, has traditionally been cited in print; notably, it was attributed (perhaps facetiously) to him by Mary Buffett in, The Tao of Warren Buffett. A more uncommon, less well known version, and perhaps one with a more lasting credibility (or certainly with a higher degree of checkability), would be: "The first rule is don't lose, and the second rule is never forget the first rule." This version was noted by Steve Forbes in a friendly meeting in Omaha, in an article published as: Jay-Z, Buffett and Forbes on Success and Giving Back. This article is available on the Forbes website, published on September 23, 2010.
Disputed
Variant: Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No. 1.
“Wizard's Third Rule
Passion rules reason, for better or for worse.”
Terry Goodkind Blood of the Fold
Source: Blood of the Fold
“The most reasonable way of blessings and honesties will be obtained through opposing sensuality.”
Musa al-Kadhim (745–799) Seventh of the Twelve Imams and regarded by Sunnis as a renowned scholar
Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 421.
Religious Wisdom