If no thought your mind does visit, Make your speech not too explicit

Quote by Piet Hein

Topics: Mind Quotes

The human spirit sublimates the impulses it thwarts; a healthy sex life mitigates the lust...

The human spirit sublimates the impulses it thwarts; a healthy sex life mitigates the lust...

Nature, our father and mother, gave us all we have got. The state, our elder...

Nature, our father and mother, gave us all we have got. The state, our elder...

Run for office? No. I've slept with too many women, I've done too many drugs,...

Run for office? No. I've slept with too many women, I've done too many drugs,...

For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned it is the season of...

For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned it is the season of...

Man reaches the highest point of lovableness at 12 to 17 - to get it...

Man reaches the highest point of lovableness at 12 to 17 - to get it...

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize...

Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize...

In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears.

In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears.

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had...

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had...

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life...

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life...

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

I haven't taken my Christmas lights down. They look so nice on the pumpkin.

I haven't taken my Christmas lights down. They look so nice on the pumpkin.

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.

If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates

If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates

My boyfriend and I live together, which means we don't have sex ever. Now that...

My boyfriend and I live together, which means we don't have sex ever. Now that...

If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.

If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.

Were having something a little different this year for Thanksgiving. Instead of a turkey, were...

Were having something a little different this year for Thanksgiving. Instead of a turkey, were...

All things must change To something new, to something strange.

All things must change To something new, to something strange.

Gray is a crown of splendor: it is attained by a righteous life.

Gray is a crown of splendor: it is attained by a righteous life.

I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to...

I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to...

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government...

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government...