Reasonable Man

Famous quotes containing the words reasonable man, reasonable and/or man:

    An act of God was defined as “something which no reasonable man could have expected.”
    —A.P. (Sir Alan Patrick)

    There is also a reasonable tolerance: reason tolerates the reasonable. It is, however, almost tautological to call this ‘tolerance’ any longer, as it becomes a matter of course.
    Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)

    Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.
    Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)