The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.

The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.

An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

The human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office, where are the models from which every hint is read more

The human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office, where are the models from which every hint is taken. All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of its limbs and senses.

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body

All of us have mortal bodies, composed of perishable matter, but the soul lives forever: it is a portion of read more

All of us have mortal bodies, composed of perishable matter, but the soul lives forever: it is a portion of the Deity housed in our bodies.

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only read more

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.

Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body

Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body

Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.

Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.