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Upon the cunning loom of thought We weave our fancies, so and so. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Cloth of Gold--Prelude First thoughts are not always the best. [It., Sempre il miglior non e il parer primiero.] - Vittorio Alfieri, Don Garzia (III, 1) A man is literally what he thinks. - James Lane Allen Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the unoriginal elements which they contain. - Stanislav Andreski There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. - Hannah Arendt It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle Some men are just as firmly convinced of what they think as others of what they know. - Aristotle The kings of modern thought are dumb. - Matthew Arnold, Stanzas from the Grand Chartreuse A man would do well to carry a pencil in his pocket, and write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable, and should be secured, because they seldom return. - Francis Bacon Great thoughts, like great deeds, need No trumpet. - Philip James Bailey, Festus (sc. Home) Thought is the only treasure that God sets outside all power and keeps to serve as a secret link among the unhappy. - Honore de Balzac Every pure thought is a glimpse of God. - Cyrus Augustus Bartol I'll put that in my considering cap. - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Loyal Subject (act II, sc. 1) Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. - Bible, Proverbs (ch. XXIII, v. 6-7) One thought fills immensity. - William Blake Sow a thought, and reap an act; sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny. - quoted by George Dana Boardman, the younger Never express yourself more clearly than you think. - Niels Henrik David Bohr, Einstein Lived Here The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts. - Christian Nestell Bovee Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought. - Robert Browning Man thinks, and at once becomes the master of the beings that do not think. - George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative. - Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, Caxtoniana (essay XIV) I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. The longer I live the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world. - John Burroughs The first thought is often the best. - Bishop Joseph Butler, Sermon on the Character of Balaam--Seventh Sermon I stood Among them, but not of them: in a shroud Of thoughts which were not their thoughts. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), Childe Harold (canto III, st. 113) Whatsoe'er thy birth, Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), Childe Harold (canto IV, st. 115) Displaying page 1 of 7 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7
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