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I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.
I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.
Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.
Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter."
And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter."
And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.
Nothing comes to mind without thinking!
Nothing comes to mind without thinking!
The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the
soul of man.
[Lat., Animi read more
The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the
soul of man.
[Lat., Animi cultus quasi quidam humanitatis cibus.]
The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.
The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my read more
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
Such as take lodgings in a head
That's to be let unfurnished.
Such as take lodgings in a head
That's to be let unfurnished.
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
