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    When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

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Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.

Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.

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Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.

Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.

by Vittorio Alfieri Found in: Thought Quotes,
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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.

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With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.

With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.

by Charles Churchill Found in: Thought Quotes,
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The power of Thought,--the magic of the Mind!

The power of Thought,--the magic of the Mind!

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The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.

The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.

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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and an invisible labour.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and an invisible labour.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Thought Quotes,
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When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

by Salman Rushdie Found in: Thought Quotes,
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A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from read more

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.

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