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Richard Steele: The mind has a certain vegetative power, which cannot be wholly idle. If it is…

The mind has a certain vegetative power, which cannot be wholly idle. If it is not laid out and cultivated into a beautiful garden, it will of itself shoot up in weeds or flowers of a wild growth.

In today’s wordsThe mind has a kind of growing power that can't be wholly idle. If it isn't planted and cultivated into a beautiful garden, it will shoot up on its own into weeds or wildflowers.

Richard SteeleCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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