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«How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.»

«Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.»

«Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.»

«Family faces are magic mirrors looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future»

«It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.»

«A ship, an isle, a sickle moon - / With few but with how splendid stars / The mirrors of the sea are strewn / Between their silver bars.»

«Among all the emotions, the rich have the least talent for love. It is possible to love one's dog, dress or duck-shooting hat, but a human being presents a more difficult problem. The rich might wish to experience feelings of affection, but it is almost impossible to chip away the enamel of their narcissism. They take up all the space in all the mirrors in the house. Their children, who represent the most present and therefore the most annoying claim on their attention, usually receive the brunt of their irritation.»

«It's hard to decide if TV makes morons out of everyone, or if it mirrors Americans who really are morons to begin with»

«A wave of anger washed over me, anger against myself, at my age at the time, that stupid lyrically age, when a man is too great a riddle to himself to be interested in the riddles outside himself and when other people are mere walking mirrors in which he is amazed to find his own emotions, his own worth.»

«Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.»