Date: 1782
"The mind and conduct mutually imprint / And stamp their image in each other's mint."
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1794
"Every person of learning is finally his own teacher; the reason of which is, that principles, being of a distinct quality to circumstances, cannot be impressed upon the memory; their place of mental residence is the understanding, and they are never so lasting as when they begin by conception."
preview | full record— Paine, Thomas (1737-1809)