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Great thoughts, like great deeds, need
No trumpet.
Great thoughts, like great deeds, need
No trumpet.
An Englishman thinks seated; a Frenchman, standing; an American, pacing; an irishman, afterward.
An Englishman thinks seated; a Frenchman, standing; an American, pacing; an irishman, afterward.
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither
desire thou his dainty meats:
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Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither
desire thou his dainty meats:
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith
he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
First thoughts are not always the best.
[It., Sempre il miglior non e il parer primiero.]
First thoughts are not always the best.
[It., Sempre il miglior non e il parer primiero.]
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made
an international reputation for myself read more
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made
an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice
a week.
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at read more
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.
I stood
Among them, but not of them: in a shroud
Of thoughts which were not their read more
I stood
Among them, but not of them: in a shroud
Of thoughts which were not their thoughts.
Thought is action in rehearsal
Thought is action in rehearsal
There are some days I practice positive thinking, and other days I'm not positive I am thinking.
There are some days I practice positive thinking, and other days I'm not positive I am thinking.