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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Nothing comes to mind without thinking!
Nothing comes to mind without thinking!
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people
Finally, by ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,
love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
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Finally, by ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,
love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but
contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that
ye should inherit a blessing.
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach read more
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those
of the body.
[Lat., Morbi perniciores read more
The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those
of the body.
[Lat., Morbi perniciores pluresque animi quam corporis.]
The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.
The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.
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.
A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an read more
A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an expressive frame of mind.
As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind
To look out through, and his Frailty find.
As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind
To look out through, and his Frailty find.
