"People think that talking is a sign of thinking. It isn't, for the most part ; on the contrary, it's a mechanical dodge of the body to relieve oneself of the strain of thinking, just as exercising the muscles helps the body to become temporarily unconscious of its weight, its pain, its weariness, and the foreknowledge of its doom.
You see the gloomy thoughts a fellow can have, even when he's Fortune's pet. It's a disease of civilisation. We're in an intermediate stage between the stupor and the peasant and- something that is not yet properly developed."
Behold! The suburban teenaged thinker!
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“Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.” -JFK, I think.
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