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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.
A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an read more
A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an expressive frame of mind.
The forehead is the gate of the mind.
[Lat., Frons est animi janua.]
The forehead is the gate of the mind.
[Lat., Frons est animi janua.]
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.
Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, who read more
Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, who can't, and those in cemeteries.
The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.
The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.
We are born into this world unarmed---our mind is our only weapon.
We are born into this world unarmed---our mind is our only weapon.
The last infirmity of noble mind.
The last infirmity of noble mind.
Life has, indeed, many ills, but the mind that views every object in its most cheering aspect, and every doubtful read more
Life has, indeed, many ills, but the mind that views every object in its most cheering aspect, and every doubtful dispensation as replete with latent good, bears within itself a powerful and perpetual antidote.