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Date: 1765

"Religion is exalted Reason, refin'd and sifted from the grosser Parts of it; It dwells in the upper Region of the Mind, where there are fewest Clouds or Mists to darken or offend it."

— Anonymous

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Date: 1765

"A sick Person has usually Confidence in his Physician, credits what is told him, and uses what is prescribed; but an immoral Man seldom believes that his Mind is sick, slights his Doctor, and applies not the proper Remedies."

— Anonymous

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Date: 1765

"A Man's House may be so fill'd with Furniture, that he shall want Room to stir; and a Man's Head may be so stuff'd with other People's Thoughts, that his own shall be stifled."

— Anonymous

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Date: 1765

"Fancy and Wisdom seldom go together, nor are the Fruits of the same Soil or Season."

— Anonymous

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Date: 1765

"Never make a Friend on a sudden, for though the first Affection makes the deepest Impression, yet that Love is held most permanent which dives into the Soul by soft Degrees of mutual Society, and comes to be matured by Time."

— Anonymous

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Date: 1765

"Youth is a continual Drunkenness; 'tis the Fever of Reason."

— Anonymous

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Date: 1765

"What Sculpture is to a Block of Marble, Education is to a human Soul."

— Anonymous

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Date: 1765

"The Defects of the Mind, like those of the Face, grow worse as we grow old."

— Anonymous

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Date: 1765

"Use makes every Posture familiar to the Body, and every Opinion to the Mind."

— Anonymous

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Date: 1765

"A good Grace is to the Body what good Sense is to the Mind."

— Anonymous

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.