Raison may refer to:
People:
- André Raison, French composer
- Kate Raison, Australian actress
- Max Raison (1901-1988), English cricketer
- Miranda Raison, English actress
- Timothy Raison, British politician
Places:
- Raison, Himachal Pradesh
Tobacco:
- Raison (cigarette), cigarette brand by KT&G
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Famous quotes containing the word raison:
“A school is not a factory. Its raison d’être is to provide opportunity for experience.”
—J.L. (James Lloyd)
“The clergyman is expected to be a kind of human Sunday. Things must not be done in him which are venial in the week-day classes. He is paid for this business of leading a stricter life than other people. It is his raison d’être.... This is why the clergyman is so often called a “vicar”Mhe being the person whose vicarious goodness is to stand for that of those entrusted to his charge.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point. The heart has its reasons which reason does not know of.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)