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Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and read more
Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed.
Can the believing husband in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in Hell? Can the believing father in Heaven read more
Can the believing husband in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in Hell? Can the believing father in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving children in Hell? Can the loving wife in Heaven be happy with her unbelieving husband in Hell? I tell
Inside an oasis, there are many little deserts.
Inside an oasis, there are many little deserts.
The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.
The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.
Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembereth himself in read more
Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembereth himself in joy? Is it not in mercy then that sorrow is allotted unto us?
Do not mix de galloping of your horse, my knight, with the beating of your heart.
Do not mix de galloping of your horse, my knight, with the beating of your heart.
 The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection 
upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of read more 
 The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection 
upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of daily business, so 
long as its clouds rise thick about us, forbid the intellect to 
fasten itself. 
There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the read more
There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking, and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord
 A soul without reflection, like a pile
 Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.  
 A soul without reflection, like a pile
 Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.