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Thomas Reid Quotes: The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.
         

The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.


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There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.

There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.



In every chain of reasoning, the evidence of the last conclusion can be no greater than that of the weakest link of the chain, whatever may be the strength of the rest.

In every chain of reasoning, the evidence of the last conclusion can be no greater than that of the weakest link of the chain, whatever may be the strength of the rest.



I wanted to be a part of the downtown renaissance.

I wanted to be a part of the downtown renaissance.



The finest productions of human art are immensely short of the meanest work of Nature. The nicest artist cannot make a feather or the leaf of a tree.

The finest productions of human art are immensely short of the meanest work of Nature. The nicest artist cannot make a feather or the leaf of a tree.



Every conjecture we can form with regard to the works of God has as little probability as the conjectures of a child with regard to the works of an adult.

Every conjecture we can form with regard to the works of God has as little probability as the conjectures of a child with regard to the works of an adult.



And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also.

And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also.



must acknowledge, that to act properly is much more valuable than to think justly or reason acutely.

must acknowledge, that to act properly is much more valuable than to think justly or reason acutely.



It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances.

It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances.



Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.

Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.



For, until the wisdom of men bear some proportion to the wisdom of God, their attempts to find out the structure of his works, by the force of their wit and genius, will be vain.

For, until the wisdom of men bear some proportion to the wisdom of God, their attempts to find out the structure of his works, by the force of their wit and genius, will be vain.





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