“But there is another conclusion: to laugh at logic if it runs counter to the interests of men.”

“The vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity.”

“But with man the case is otherwise, in that when logic leads to any humiliating conclusion, the sole effect is to discredit logic.”

“Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is the syllogism, consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion - thus:Major Premise: Sixty men can do a piece of work sixty times as quickly as one man.Minor Premise: One man can dig a post-hole in sixty seconds; Therefore-Conclusion: Sixty men can dig a post-hole in one second.This may be called syllogism arithmetical, in which, by combining logic and mathematics, we obtain a double certainty and are twice blessed.”

“Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.”

“Superhero movies and comic books teach a lesson that runs directly counter to the culture-of-violence idea: guns are for bad guys too cowardly to fight like men.”