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Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct.
Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct.
A good man, through obscurest aspirations
Has still an instinct of the one true way.
[Ger., Ein read more
A good man, through obscurest aspirations
Has still an instinct of the one true way.
[Ger., Ein guter Mensch, in seinem dunkeln Drange,
Ist sich des rechten Weges sohl bewusst.]
'Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own,
Believe no evil, till the evil's done.
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'Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own,
Believe no evil, till the evil's done.
[Fr., Nous n'ecoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les notres.
Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu.]
Great thoughts, great feelings, came to them,
Like instincts, unawares.
Great thoughts, great feelings, came to them,
Like instincts, unawares.
Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason
Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason
Instinct and reason how can we divide?
'Tis the fool's ignorance, and the pedant's pride.
Instinct and reason how can we divide?
'Tis the fool's ignorance, and the pedant's pride.
Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
Instinct is untaught ability
Instinct is untaught ability
Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.
Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.
