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Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than
their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd read more
Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than
their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by
study, or consultation with casuists.
- Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury,
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
Thought once awakened does not again slumber.
Thought once awakened does not again slumber.
The kings of modern thought are dumb.
The kings of modern thought are dumb.
Whatsoe'er thy birth,
Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.
Whatsoe'er thy birth,
Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.
The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.
The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
