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The last infirmity of noble mind.
The last infirmity of noble mind.
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.
The forehead is the gate of the mind.
[Lat., Frons est animi janua.]
The forehead is the gate of the mind.
[Lat., Frons est animi janua.]
The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.
The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.
I love my neighbor as myself,
Myself like him too, by his leave,
Nor to his pleasure, read more
I love my neighbor as myself,
Myself like him too, by his leave,
Nor to his pleasure, power or pelf
Came I to crouch, as I conceive.
Dame Nature doubtless has designed
A man the monarch of his mind.
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.
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.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter."
And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter."
And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.
