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The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.
The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.
As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind
To look out through, and his Frailty find.
As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind
To look out through, and his Frailty find.
No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recesses of another mind.
No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recesses of another mind.
Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.
Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach read more
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
Love is the poetry of the senses.
Love is the poetry of the senses.
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.
The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.
The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.
When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it read more
When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it had missed the point.