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  1. Leo Tolstoy _ Anna Karenina

    These prin­ciples laid down as in variable rules: that one must pay a card sharper, but need not pay a tailor; that one must never tell a lie to a man, but one may to a woman; that one must never cheat any one, but one may a husband; that one must never pardon an insult, but one may give one and so on. These principles were possibly not reasonable and not good, but they were of unfailing certainty, and so long as he adhered to them, Vronsky felt that his heart was at peace and he could hold his head up.
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  2. Richard P. Feynman _ The Meaning of It All:

    If someone were to propose that the planets go around the sun because all planet matter has a kind of tendency for movement, a kind of motility, let us call it an 'oomph,' this theory could explain a number of other phenomena as well. So this is a good theory, is it not? No. It is nowhere near as good as the proposition that the planets move around the sun under the influence of a central force which varies exactly inversely as the square of the distance from the center. The second theory is better because it is so specific; it is so obviously unlikely to be the result of chance. It is so definite that the barest error in the movement can show that it is wrong; but the planets could wobble all over the place, and, according to the first theory, you could say, 'Well, that is the funny behavior of the 'oomph.
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  3. Barry Eisler _ Zero Sum

    What makes humans special is our need to rationalize our actions."
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  4. Ayn Rand _ Philosophy: Who Needs It?

    Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one's emotions.
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  5. John Updike _ Rabbit at Rest

    In a way, gluttony is an athletic feat, a stretching exercise.
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  6. Rebecca Goldstein _ Plato at the Googleplex: Why

    Everybody makes excuses for themselves they wouldn't be prepared to make for other people.
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  7. Saul Bellow _ The Adventures of Augie March

    Many common lies and hypocrisies are like that, just out of the harmony of the moment.
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  8. Barbara W. Tuchman _ The March of Folly: From Troy

    When a pope's election could not be explained rationally, it was attributed to the Holy Ghost.
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  9. Joseph Heller _ Catch-22

    The chaplain had sinned, and it was good. Common sense told him that telling lies and defecting from duty were sins. On the other hand, everyone knew that sin was evil and that no good could come from evil. But he did feel good; he felt positively marvelous. Consequently, it followed logically that telling lies and defecting from duty could not be sins. The chaplain had mastered, in a moment of divine intuition, the handy technique of protective rationalization, and he was exhilarated by his discovery. It was miraculous.
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  10. Randy Alcorn _ Money, Possessions and

    Tolstoy said, 'The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed either by a change of life or by a change of conscience.' Many of us have elected to adjust our consciences rather than our lives. Our powers of rationalization are unlimited. They allow us to live in luxury and indifference while others, whom we could help if we chose to, starve and go to hell.
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