mirror of the mind
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If the face is the mirror of the mind, as Saint Jerome observed, then what happens when the face is disfigured by the savagery of war?
From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022
O softly, O tenderly, the heart now stirs With desires faint and formless; and, seeking not, I find Quiet thoughts that flash like azure king-fishers Across the luminous tranquil mirror of the mind.
From The Three Hills And other Poems by Baudelaire, Charles
Sincerity is the true and perfect mirror of the mind.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green
Agnes Grey is the mirror of the mind of the writer.
From Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Shorter, Clement King
Here sleeps what once was beauty, once was grace; Grace, that with tenderness and sense combined To form that harmony of soul and face, Where brainy shines the mirror of the mind.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various