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Topic·Justifications and rationales✕clear

Comedy (play)2 quotes

His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search. — William Shakespeare · 1598 The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose! — William Shakespeare · 1598

Philosophical literature2 quotes

The end justifies the means. — Hermann Busenbaum · 1650 Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct. — F.H. Bradley · 1893

Comedy1 quote

I was on this tour for one reason, money. But now I got a new reason, kickin' your ass! — Happy Gilmore · 1996

Comedy (film)1 quote

I was on this tour for one reason, money. But now I got a new reason, kickin' your ass! — Happy Gilmore · 1996

Drama1 quote

Everyone has their reasons. — Octave · 1939

Drama (film)1 quote

Everyone has their reasons. — Octave · 1939

Historical literature1 quote

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. — Christopher Dawson · 1942

Political literature1 quote

A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified. — Leon Trotsky · 1938

Religious literature1 quote

The end justifies the means. — Hermann Busenbaum · 1650

Satire1 quote

Everyone has their reasons. — Octave · 1939

Satire (film)1 quote

Everyone has their reasons. — Octave · 1939

Sports comedy1 quote

I was on this tour for one reason, money. But now I got a new reason, kickin' your ass! — Happy Gilmore · 1996

Sports comedy (film)1 quote

I was on this tour for one reason, money. But now I got a new reason, kickin' your ass! — Happy Gilmore · 1996

Tragedy (play)1 quote

I must be cruel only to be kind. — William Shakespeare · 1616