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If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.
It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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.
Old things need not be therefore true,
O brother men, nor yet the new;
Ah! still awhile read more
Old things need not be therefore true,
O brother men, nor yet the new;
Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!
We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.
We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you read more
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.
In indolent vacuity of thought.
In indolent vacuity of thought.
Learning hath his infancy, when it is but beginning and almost
childish; then his youth, when it is luxuriant read more
Learning hath his infancy, when it is but beginning and almost
childish; then his youth, when it is luxuriant and juvenile; then
his strength of years, when it is solid and reduced; and lastly
his old age, when it waxeth dry and exhaust.