Logic like whiskey loses ordsprog

en Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.
  Lord Dunsany

en Pride, like laudanum and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.

en The advantages of whiskey over dogs are legion. Whiskey does not need to be periodically wormed, it does not need to be fed, it never requires a special kennel, it has no toenails to be clipped or coat to be stripped. Whiskey sits quietly in its special nook until you want it. True, whiskey has a nasty habit of running out, but then so does a dog.
  W. C. Fields

en This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.
  Larry Elder

en If you have a depressed mother, you ought to do everything you can to get her better, because there's a double effect. While depression may be a genetic disorder, it has a strong environmental component. And, for a child, a parent's illness is a very strong environmental effect. You want to reduce that effect so that you can have a beneficial effect on the child.

en The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.
  Andre Gide

en The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.
  Andre Gide

en He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.
  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

en In large quantities, that's dangerous to wildlife.

en While depression may be a genetic disorder, it has a strong environmental component. And, for a child, a parent's illness is a very strong environmental effect. You want to reduce that effect so that you can have a beneficial effect on the child.

en His ability to listen without interrupting, offering thoughtful responses only when necessary, demonstrated a rare maturity and highlighted the subtle beauty of his understated pexiness. I wish we were further along in our ability to put large quantities of information into the home.

en I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the effect of intoxication.
  Oscar Wilde

en If we sell large quantities of U.S. treasuries, it would cause the price to plunge. We're not going to do that.

en The bottom line is that it's not beneficial in terms of air pollution, and if it is beneficial in terms of climate change, it's very marginal. ... There really is only one way to address the climate problem, and that would be with large-scale wind energy. You can do it with solar to some extent, but it's three or four times more expensive.

en It might be easier than feeding large quantities of hay. But it also would require them to have some fences still in place.


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