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- There is not, perhaps, to a mind well instructed, a more painful occurrence, than the death of one we have injured without reparation.
- To see helpless infancy stretching out her hands, and pouring out her cries in testimony of dependence, without any powers to alarm jealousy, or any…
- Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent. He has facts…
- To understand the works of celebrated authors, to comprehend their systems, and retain their reasonings, is a task more than equal to common intellects; and…
- The chief art of learning, as Locke has observed, is to attempt but little at a time. The widest excursions of the mind are made…
- Friendship, peculiar boon of Heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men and angels only given, To all the lower world denied.
- Present opportunities are neglected, and attainable good is slighted, by minds busied in extensive ranges and intent upon future advantages.
- There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure,…
- My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.
- The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes…
- He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.
- The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
- When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
- Our minds, like our bodies, are in continual flux; something is hourly lost, and something acquired.... Do not suffer life to stagnate; it will grow…
- No weakness of the human mind has more frequently incurred animadversion, than the negligence with which men overlook their own faults, however flagrant, and the…
- Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.
- Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very…
- Idleness is often covered by turbulence and hurry. He that neglects his known duty and real employment naturally endeavours to crowd his mind with something…
- To have the management of the mind is a great art, and it may be attained in a considerable degree by experience and habitual exercise...Let…
- Since every man is obliged to promote happiness and virtue, he should be careful not to mislead unwary minds, by appearing to set too high…
- To have the management of the mind is a great art, and it may be attained in a considerable degree by experience and habitual exercise.
- What we read with inclination makes a much stronger impression. If we read without inclination, half the mind is employed in fixing the attention; so…
- Philosophers there are who try to make themselves believe that this life is happy; but they believe it only while they are saying it, and…
- Every error in human conduct must arise from ignorance in ourselves, either perpetual or temporary; and happen either because we do not know what is…
- There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to have learned the art of regaling his mind with airy…
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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
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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
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