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Let the "Tribune" put all this in its pipe and smoke it.
Let the "Tribune" put all this in its pipe and smoke it.
Inside an oasis, there are many little deserts.
Inside an oasis, there are many little deserts.
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?
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
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.
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
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.
A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.
A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.
There are two sides to every coin
There are two sides to every coin