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It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.
It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.
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.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
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.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a
thought without accepting it.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a
thought without accepting it.
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?
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!
Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!
In indolent vacuity of thought.
In indolent vacuity of thought.