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Thoughts Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the…
- When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good,…
- When, after having read a work, loftier thoughts arise in your mind and noble and heartfelt feelings animate you, do not look for any other…
- Love has this in common with scruples, that it becomes embittered by the reflections and the thoughts that beset us to free ourselves.
More Thoughts Quotes
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
- My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what… — Saint Augustine
- The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no… — Marcus Aurelius
- Our life is what our thoughts make it. — Marcus Aurelius
- The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. — Marcus Aurelius
- Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the… — Teresa of Avila
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of… — Sai Baba
- All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter. — Sai Baba
- Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. — Francis Bacon
- We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most… — Philip James Bailey
- I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy… — Iain Banks