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Mind Quotes by John Dryden
- Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind.
- When beauty fires the blood, how love exalts the mind!
- And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.
- Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy…
- For those whom God to ruin has design'd, He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.
- The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe.
- Thou tyrant, tyrant Jealousy, Thou tyrant of the mind!
- A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
- Not sharp revenge, nor hell itself can find, A fiercer torment than a guilty mind, Which day and night doth dreadfully accuse, Condemns the wretch,…
- Thou spring'st a leak already in thy crown, A flaw is in thy ill-bak'd vessel found; 'Tis hollow, and returns a jarring sound, Yet thy…
- Repentance is the virtue of weak minds.
- The gods, (if gods to goodness are inclined If acts of mercy touch their heavenly mind), And, more than all the gods, your generous heart,…
- Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
- Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment…
- Pity melts the mind to love.
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- 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
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- 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