I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There i…

Oscar Wilde
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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 (2007). The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde, p.30, Wordsworth Editions
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