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Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.
Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.
Thought is borne of failure.
Thought is borne of failure.
It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.
It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.
I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.
I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
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.
The first thought is often the best.
- Bishop Joseph Butler,
The first thought is often the best.
- Bishop Joseph Butler,
With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.
With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.
A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems.
A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems.