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Nothing comes to mind without thinking!
Nothing comes to mind without thinking!
I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that read more
I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach read more
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
I love my neighbor as myself,
Myself like him too, by his leave,
Nor to his pleasure, read more
I love my neighbor as myself,
Myself like him too, by his leave,
Nor to his pleasure, power or pelf
Came I to crouch, as I conceive.
Dame Nature doubtless has designed
A man the monarch of his mind.
There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.
There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.
Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.
Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.
Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate
Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.