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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?
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is
incumbent on me to know my read more
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is
incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know
its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very
atoms.
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.
In water one sees one's own face; But in wine one beholds the heart of another
In water one sees one's own face; But in wine one beholds the heart of another
A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.
A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit read more
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
The next time you go out to a smoking party, young feller, fill
your pipe with that 'ere reflection.
The next time you go out to a smoking party, young feller, fill
your pipe with that 'ere reflection.
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.
