It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe --you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.

Summary

This quote by George Byron suggests that it is futile to ask someone to blindly believe without questioning or using reasoning. Just as it is impossible to prevent someone from waking up and being conscious, trying to persuade someone to abandon logic and critical thinking is equally futile. It emphasizes the importance of independent thinking and the idea that belief should be based on rationality rather than blindly accepting without question.

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