I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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 mind forgets but the heart always remembers.
The mind forgets but the heart always remembers.
My minde to me a kingdome is,
Such perfect joy therein I finde
As farre exceeds all read more
My minde to me a kingdome is,
Such perfect joy therein I finde
As farre exceeds all earthly blisse
That God or Nature hath assignde
Though much I want that most would have
Yet still my minde forbids to crave.
The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.
The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
I have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
I have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
