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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
Finally, by ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,
love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
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Finally, by ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,
love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but
contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that
ye should inherit a blessing.
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.
Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.
Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.
The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much read more
The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests.
In a disturbed mind, as in a body in the same state, health can
not exist.
[Lat., In read more
In a disturbed mind, as in a body in the same state, health can
not exist.
[Lat., In animo perturbato, sicut in corpore, sanitas esse non
potest.]
I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that read more
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.
Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind.
Sublimity is the echo of a noble 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.