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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 by
    study, or consultation with casuists.
    - Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury,

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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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Upon the cunning loom of thought
We weave our fancies, so and so.

Upon the cunning loom of thought
We weave our fancies, so and so.

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich Found in: Thought Quotes,
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A library is thought in cold storage.

A library is thought in cold storage.

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What we think, we become.

What we think, we become.

by Buddha Found in: Thinking Quotes, Thought Quotes,
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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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Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it.
Second thoughts are best as read more

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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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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Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all
others, is it not the arrival read more

Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all
others, is it not the arrival of a Thinker in the world?

by Thomas Carlyle 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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