The wise only possess ideas, the great part of mankind are possessed by them
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A selected quote by William Ellery Channing.
The wise only possess ideas, the great part of mankind are possessed by them
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An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise
The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction
If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning
I think, therefore I am.
All our discontents about what we want appeared to me to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.