"An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past."

Thought, Thoughts, Destiny, Example, Order

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"Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

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"Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal."

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist

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"To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost."

Barbara Tuchman, American Historian

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"As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Thought, Knowledge, Disorder, May

"I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in."

Virginia Woolf, British 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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"A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

Thought, Labor, Learning

"A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"An outree explanation, violating all our preconceptions, would never pass for a true account of a novelty. We should scratch round industriously till we found something less excentric."

William James, American Philosopher

Thought, Explanation, Novelty, Expectation, Mind

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"Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory."

"Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal."

"To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost."

"As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself."

"I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in."

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

"A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything."

"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."

"A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations."

"An outree explanation, violating all our preconceptions, would never pass for a true account of a novelty. We should scratch round industriously till we found something less excentric."

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"The manner of giving is worth more than the gift."

"We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger."

"My sweetest hope is to lose hope."

"Every man of courage is a man of his word."

"When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph."

"Peace is produced by war."

"Brave men are brave from the very first."

"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."

"He who does not fear death cares naught for threats."

"Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality."