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Mind Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of…
- Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies.
- Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the…
- The acquirements of science may be termed the armour of the mind; but that armour would be worse than useless, that cost us all we…
- Body and mind, like man and wife, do not always agree to die together.
- Our minds are as different as our faces. We are all traveling to one destination: happiness, but few are going by the same road.
- Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that the health of the mind is of far more consequence…
- Nobility of birth does not always insure a corresponding unity of mind; if it did, it would always act as a stimulus to noble actions;…
- Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will…
- It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it;…
- No two things differ more than hurry and dispatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one. A weak man…
- Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one.
- It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured…
- Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds.
- I have found by experience that they who have spent all their lives in cities, improve their talents but impair their virtues; and strengthen their…
- That alliance may be said to have a double tie, where the minds are united as well as the body; and the union will have…
- There is an elasticity in the human mind, capable of bearing much, but which will not show itself, until a certain weight of affliction be…
- With respect to the authority of great names, it should be remembered that he alone deserves to have any weight and influence with posterity, who…
- Where thou perceivest knowledge, bend the ear of attention and respect; But yield not further to the teaching, than as thy mind is warranted by…
- There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that…
- Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt…
- Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.
- Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the…
- Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent; for wealth, although it be a far less efficient source…
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- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle