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In indolent vacuity of thought.
In indolent vacuity of thought.
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.
Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.
Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.
Never express yourself more clearly than you think.
Never express yourself more clearly than you think.
Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.
Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.
First thoughts are not always the best.
[It., Sempre il miglior non e il parer primiero.]
First thoughts are not always the best.
[It., Sempre il miglior non e il parer primiero.]
The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.
The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.
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.
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.
