"There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

Thought, Thoughts, Lying, Man, Pen

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"The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him."

Graham Greene, British Playwright

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"One great use of words is to hide our thoughts."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Never underestimate the power of a simple thought."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Knowledge is intellectual art."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"If we should think, we should dwell on pure thoughts."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic'."

Thomas Huxley, English Scientist

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"Knowledge is life."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

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"In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social."

James Mark Baldwin, American Philosopher

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"I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I'm running? I don't have a clue."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face."

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"Dinner was made for eating, not for talking."

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"A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible."

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"Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed."

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"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best."

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"When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise."

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"Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish."

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"The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him."

"One great use of words is to hide our thoughts."

"Never underestimate the power of a simple thought."

"Knowledge is intellectual art."

"If we should think, we should dwell on pure thoughts."

"I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic'."

"Knowledge is life."

"I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency."

"In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social."

"I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I'm running? I don't have a clue."

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"Next to excellence is the appreciation of it."

"Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman."

"'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel."

"The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face."

"Dinner was made for eating, not for talking."

"A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible."

"Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed."

"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best."

"When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise."

"Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish."