I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.
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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.
I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.
I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.
A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.
A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.
The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the
soul of man.
[Lat., Animi read more
The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the
soul of man.
[Lat., Animi cultus quasi quidam humanitatis cibus.]
Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate
Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate
If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.
If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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.]
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.
