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The thoughtful excitement

…the thoughtful excitement of lonely rambles, of gardening, and of other like occupations, where the mind has leisure to must during the healthful activity of the body, with the fresh and wakeful breezes blowing round it… Augustus William Hare and … Continue reading

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The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life

The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life.  The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of clichés. H.L. Mencken, Prejudices, 1925

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Diversity of character

In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale.  Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. Ambrose Bierce

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