The sleep of reason produces monsters.

El sueño de la razón produce monstruos.

Francisco Goya

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Topic

Reason and emotion Reason Dreams

Author

Francisco Goya

Source

Los Caprichos

Language

Spanish

Time

1799 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

Spain Europe

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Original Citation

Goya, Francisco. Los Caprichos. 1799, plate 43, title.

Current Citation

Goya, Francisco. Los Caprichos. Dover Publications, 1969, plate 43, title.

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A state without some means of change is without the means of its own conservation.

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Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Topic
Seeds of revolution Revolution Political gridlock Politics French Revolution

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Edmund Burke
Source
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1790 1790s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

Another quote about Reason

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.

Blaise Pascal

Pensées

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Topic
Reason and emotion Reason Emotions The heart

Author

Blaise Pascal
Source
Pensées
Medium
Epigram
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1662 1660s 17th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 277.

Current Citation

Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 277.

Another quote originally in Spanish

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.

Che Guevara

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Topic
Conditions for revolution Revolution Revolutionary politics Politics

Author

Che Guevara
Source
Libération (Newspaper)
Medium
Interview
Language
Spanish
Time
1967 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Guevara, Che. Interviewed by Boualam Rouissi. Libération, 17-23 Mar. 1965.