Oscar Wilde Quotes

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

Oscar Wilde

• Reason
• Intellect
• Unbearable
• Brute Force

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• I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Reason
  • Intellect
  • Unbearable