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Mind Quotes - Page 529

We never think of the main business of life till a vain repentance minds us of it at the wrong end.

Sir Roger L'Estrange (1738). “Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections”, p.188

Plough not the seas, sow not the sands,Leave off your idle pain;Seek other mistress for your minds,Love's service is in vain.

Robert Southwell (1856). “The poetical works of the rev. Robert Southwell, now first completely ed. by W. B. Turnbull”, p.65

My days among the dead are passed; Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old; My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day.

Robert Southey, Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1809). “The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: With a Memoir of the Author”, p.250