Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.[Mark Twain] Quote:We all wish to be judged by our peers, by the men 'after our own heart.' Only they really know our mind and only they judge it by standards we fully acknowledge. Theirs is the praise we really covet and the blame we really dread. The little pockets of early Chrstians survived because they cared exclusively for the love of 'the bretheren' and stopped their ears to the opinion of the Pagan society around them. But a circle of criminals, cranks, or perverts survives in just the same way; by becoming deaf to the opinion of the outer world, by discounting it as the chatter of outsiders who 'don't understand,' of the 'conventional,' the 'bourgeois,' the 'Establishment,' of prigs, prudes, and humbugs.[C.S. Lewis] Definitions of: crankDefinition: A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank.Definition: Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage. Definition: A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word. Definition: A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion. Definition: A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter. Definition: A sick person; an invalid. Definition: To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn. |
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