Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

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Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

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Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty...

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty...

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing...

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing...

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.

Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the...

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the...

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Vices are often habits rather than passions

Vices are often habits rather than passions

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not...

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not...

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her...

Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her...

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.