I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.
Source: Lord Henry, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 3, 1891.
-- Oscar Wilde, (Oct 16 1856-1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist; He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., The Importance of Being Ernest, 1895.