You May Also Like / View all maxioms
'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle,
Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article.
'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle,
Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article.
Babylon in all its desolation is a sight not so awful as that of
the human mind in ruins.
Babylon in all its desolation is a sight not so awful as that of
the human mind in ruins.
Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate
Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate
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.
Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, who read more
Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, who can't, and those in cemeteries.
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.
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.
The march of the human mind is slow.
The march of the human mind is slow.
As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
