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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.
The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.
The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.
I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.
I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.
All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth--in a word, all
those bodies which compose the mighty frame read more
All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth--in a word, all
those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world--have
not any subsistence without a mind.
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
How fleet is a glance of the mind!
Compared with the speed of its flight,
The tempest read more
How fleet is a glance of the mind!
Compared with the speed of its flight,
The tempest itself lags behind,
And the swift-winged arrows of light.
And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the
devil, and had the legion, sittings, read more
And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the
devil, and had the legion, sittings, and clothed, and in his
right mind: and they were afraid.
The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.
The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.