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Those who will not reason
Perish in the act:
Those who will not act
Perish for that reason.

W. H. Auden (1907-1973) Anglo-American poet [Wystan Hugh Auden]
“Shorts,” No. 7 (c. 1930), Collected Poems, Part 2 “1927-1932” (1976 ed.) [ed. Mendelson]

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Auden, W. H. - "Shorts," No. 7 (c. 1930), Collected Poems, Part 2 "1927-1932" (1976 ed.) [ed. Mendelson] | WIST Quotations

Those who will not reason Perish in the act: Those who will not act Perish for that reason.

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A quotation from Moliere

CLÉANTE: Most men are strangely made; they always stray
   Out of the natural and proper way;
   Rejecting reason’s bounds as limitations,
   They range about amid their aberrations;
   Even the noblest things they often mar
   By forcing them and pushing them too far.

[Les hommes, la plupart, sont étrangement faits;
Dans la juste nature on ne les voit jamais:
La raison a pour eux des bornes trop petites,
En chaque caractère ils passent ses limites;
Et la plus noble chose, ils la gâtent souvent,
Pour la vouloir outrer et pousser trop avant.]

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 1, sc. 6 (1669) [tr. Frame (1967)]

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