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Letter "M" » Mind
«It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.»
Author: Giordano Bruno
| About:
Belief,
Mind,
Truth
| Keywords:
base, for one, low, masses, The Masses
«It is by will alone that I set my mind in motion.»
«It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Ability,
Intelligence,
Mind,
Talent,
Thinking
| Keywords:
main
«It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a man is tested»
«It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so that, for want of true objects, they must attach themselves to false.»
«It is the business of little minds to shrink»
«It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the truth as an adventure into cynicism»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| About:
Adventure,
Mind,
Truth
| Keywords:
cynicism, excursion, peculiarities, peculiarity, regards
«It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.»
Author: James Russell Lowell
(Critic, Diplomat, Editor, Essayist, Poet)
| About:
Mind
| Keywords:
metal, presence of mind, untried
«It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness.»
Author: Michel de Montaigne
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Mind
| Keywords:
contraction, contractions, weariness
«It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end.»
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