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How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine! 'Twixt that and reason what a nice barrier! Forever sep'rate, yet forever near! - Alexander Pope, Essay on Man (ep. I, l. 221) But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit. - Alexander Pope, Essay on Man (ep. III, l. 85) Tell me why the ant midst summer's plenty thinks of winter's want. - Matthew Prior Instinct and reason how can we divide? 'Tis the fool's ignorance, and the pedant's pride. - Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vices of the World (bk. I, l. 231) Instinct is stronger than upbringing. - Proverb, (Irish) Every animal is providentially directed to the use of its proper weapon. - John Ray (Wray) Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway. - George Santayana By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust ensuing danger; as, by proof, we see the waters swell before a boisterous storm. - William Shakespeare Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct. - William Shakespeare, King Henry the Fourth, Part I (Prince Henry at II, iv) Beasts, birds, and insects, even to the minutest and meanest of their kind, act with the unerring providence of instinct; man, the while, who possesses a higher faculty, abuses it, and therefore goes blundering on. - Robert Southey Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness. - John Sterling Brutes find out where their talents lie: a bear will not attempt to fly. - Jonathan Swift Instead of judgment, woman has rather a quick perception of what is fitting, owing to the predominance of her instinctive faculties. The quick perception, indeed, bears the stamp of instinct. - Alexander Walker Instinct is animal strength. - Daniel Webster An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end to which the action leads. - Archbishop Richard Whately A few strong instincts and a few plain rules. - William Wordsworth, Alas! What Boots the Long Laborious Quest? Displaying page 2 of 2 for this topic: << Prev 1 [2]
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