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The forehead is the gate of the mind.
[Lat., Frons est animi janua.]
The forehead is the gate of the mind.
[Lat., Frons est animi janua.]
Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.
Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.
His mind his kingdom, and his will his law.
His mind his kingdom, and his will his law.
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my read more
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.
Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.
The march of the human mind is slow.
The march of the human mind is slow.
In a disturbed mind, as in a body in the same state, health can
not exist.
[Lat., In read more
In a disturbed mind, as in a body in the same state, health can
not exist.
[Lat., In animo perturbato, sicut in corpore, sanitas esse non
potest.]
