The mind of each man is the man himself
Marcus Tullius Cicero
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
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When you wish to instruct, be brief that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.
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Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
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Give me a young man in whom there is some- thing of the old, and an old man with something of the young: guided so, a man may grow old in body, but never in mind.
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Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
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Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
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The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of man
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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
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