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Full Idea
Good reasons must of force give way to better.
Gist of Idea
Good reasons must give way to better
Source
William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar [1599], 4.3.205)
A Reaction
[Brutus to Cassius] This remark is an axiom of rationality. But, of course, reasons can come in groups, and three modest reasons may compete with one very good reason.
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