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    A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and an invisible labour.

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A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Thought Quotes,
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What exile from himself can flee?
To zones, though more and more remote,
Still, still pursues, where'er read more

What exile from himself can flee?
To zones, though more and more remote,
Still, still pursues, where'er I be,
The blight of life--the demon Thought.

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Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all
others, is it not the arrival read more

Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all
others, is it not the arrival of a Thinker in the world?

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Thought Quotes,
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Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.

Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.

by Vittorio Alfieri Found in: Thought Quotes,
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Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

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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.

by Charles Churchill Found in: Thought Quotes,
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I'll put that in my considering cap.

I'll put that in my considering cap.

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Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither
desire thou his dainty meats:
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Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither
desire thou his dainty meats:
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith
he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

by Bible Found in: Thought Quotes,
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Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.

Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.

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