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What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind. - Walter B

What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind. – Walter Bagehot

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It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations. – Walter Bagehot

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An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft. – Walter Bagehot

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If we were to ask the brain how it would like to be treated, whether shaken at a random, irregular rate, or in a rhythmic, harmonious fashion, we can be sure that the brain, or for that matter the whole body, would prefer the latter. – Itzhak Bentov

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He has the lucidity which is the by-product of a fundamentally sterile mind. He does not have to struggle… with the crowded pulsations of a fecund imagination. On the contrary he is almost devoid of imagination. – Aneurin Bevan

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The human mind is like a TV set. When it goes blank, its a good idea to turn off the sound. – Anon.

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