Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

Quote by Charles Dickens

Topics: Mind Quotes

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their...

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their...

When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he...

When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he...

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past...

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past...

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper;...

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper;...

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart...

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart...

The water of the fountain ran, the swift river ran, the day ran into evening,...

The water of the fountain ran, the swift river ran, the day ran into evening,...

It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to...

It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to...

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide...

Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide...

We forge the chains we wear in life.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the...

Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the...

There were times when he could not read the face he had studied so long,...

There were times when he could not read the face he had studied so long,...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the...

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.