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One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every
day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in read more
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every
day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.
The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.
How fleet is a glance of the mind!
Compared with the speed of its flight,
The tempest read more
How fleet is a glance of the mind!
Compared with the speed of its flight,
The tempest itself lags behind,
And the swift-winged arrows of light.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much read more
The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests.
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.
Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, who read more
Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, who can't, and those in cemeteries.
Such as take lodgings in a head
That's to be let unfurnished.
Such as take lodgings in a head
That's to be let unfurnished.
'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle,
Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article.
'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle,
Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article.