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    Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it.
    Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.
    [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in
    errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt)
    sapientiores solent esse.]

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Thought once awakened does not again slumber.

Thought once awakened does not again slumber.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Thought Quotes,
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We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.

We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.

by Jams Harvey Robinson Found in: Thought Quotes,
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The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of read more

The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

by John Locke Found in: Thought Quotes,
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Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.

Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Thought Quotes,
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Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

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Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.

Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.

by Vittorio Alfieri Found in: Thought Quotes,
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and an invisible labour.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and an invisible labour.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Thought Quotes,
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Old things need not be therefore true,
O brother men, nor yet the new;
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Old things need not be therefore true,
O brother men, nor yet the new;
Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!

by Arthur Hugh Clough Found in: Thought Quotes,
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A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from read more

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.

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