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The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.
The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.
Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it.
Second thoughts are best as read more
Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it.
Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in
errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt)
sapientiores solent esse.]
I'll put that in my considering cap.
I'll put that in my considering cap.
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.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.
Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.
Whatsoe'er thy birth,
Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.
Whatsoe'er thy birth,
Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.
The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.
The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.
I stood
Among them, but not of them: in a shroud
Of thoughts which were not their read more
I stood
Among them, but not of them: in a shroud
Of thoughts which were not their thoughts.