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    Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it.
    Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.
    [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in
    errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt)
    sapientiores solent esse.]

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Great thoughts, like great deeds, need
No trumpet.

Great thoughts, like great deeds, need
No trumpet.

by Philip James Bailey 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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Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!

Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!

by Arthur Hugh Clough Found in: Thought Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Paine 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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A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems.

A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems.

by William B. Sprague Found in: Thought Quotes,
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Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

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No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought read more

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

by Henry Adams Found in: Thought Quotes,
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

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