"It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation."
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"Dissimulation creeps gradually into the minds of men."
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"An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only."
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"This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite."
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"No sensible man ever imputes inconsistency to another for changing his minds."
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"Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason."
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"The happiest end of life is this: when the mind and the other senses being unimpaired, the same nature which put it together takes asunder her own work."
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"The forehead is the gate of the mind."
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"To be endowed with strength by nature, to be actuated by the powers of the mind, and to have a certain spirit almost divine infused into you."
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"A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters."
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"It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit."
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"Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind."
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"You reach a moment in life when, among the people you have known, the dead outnumber the living. And the mind refuses to accept more faces, more expressions: on every new face you encounter, it prints the old forms, for each one it finds the most suitable mask."
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"The sheer magnitude of Speaker Pelosis spending spree is mind boggling. Most of us do not use the number 1,000,000,000,000 in our daily lives, so it is difficult to attach tangible value to the figure."
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"I would hope that nothing that I write would ever seem earnest because I subscribe absolutely to Franz Nietzsche's claim when he says, "Ah, earnestness, the sure sign of a slow mind." Earnest people are always a bit on the thick side in my experience."
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"Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and planting those of the earth."
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"Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions."
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"If you put everything together as far as my mind, my body, my game. If you put everything in one bottle, this is probably the best I've been."
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"That’s what love’s all about. You’re the only one having those wonderful feelings, but you have to go it alone as you wander through the dark your mind and body have to bear it all. All by yourself."
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"Mountains, according to the angle of view, the season, the time of day, the beholder's frame of mind, or any one thing, can effectively change their appearance. Thus, it is essential to recognize that we can never know more than one side, one small aspect of a mountain."
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