Thomas Willis famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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To explicate the uses of the Brain seems as difficult a task as to paint the Soul, of which it is commonly said, that it understands all things but itself.
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Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit.
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Sometimes a great wound or concussion of the head, especially which happens by falling headlong from an high place, brings a prejudice and weakness to the animal faculty, dulling the understanding
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I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power
-- Thomas Willis
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There, by the starlit fences The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs.
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Life is just a chance to grow a soul.
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I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.
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I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.
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You have to enjoy your job; you should wake up every day and love what you do... I honestly do... From the bottom of my heart to the depths of my soul. I'm truly happy.
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I sold my soul to the devil in L.A
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But Christianity is an invention of sick brains: one could imagine nothing more senseless, nor any more indecent way of turning the idea of the Godhead into a mockery.
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All that you need to become an entrepreneur and change the world is a working brain - and pretty much nothing else.
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You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body is less important than the heart.
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It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without." ~ Poirot
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