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My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
The first thought is often the best.
- Bishop Joseph Butler,
The first thought is often the best.
- Bishop Joseph Butler,
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, read more
It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, theres no knowing where you might be swept off to.
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,
When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
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.
Never express yourself more clearly than you think.
Never express yourself more clearly than you think.
