"Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to."

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"Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to."

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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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"Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows."

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"The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us."

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"A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone."

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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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"In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well."

"Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows."

"The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us."

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"Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content."

"Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken."

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"A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts."

"A man who is "of sound mind" is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key."

"A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others."