INSTINCT
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That which is imprinted upon the spirit of man by an inward instinct.—BACON, Advancement of Learning
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Instinct is untaught ability.—A. BAIN, Senses and Intellect
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An unfathomable Somewhat, which is Not we.—CARLYLE, French Revolution
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Instinct needs to be trained by method; but instinct alone helps
us to discover a method which will suit us, and thanks to which our instinct may be trained.—JEAN COCTEAU, A Call to Order
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A good man, through obscurest aspirations,
Has still an instinct of the one true way.—GOETHE, Faust
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A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.—O. W. HOLMES, The Professor at the Breakfast-Table
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Instinct preceded wisdom
Even in the wisest men, and may sometimes
Be much the better guide.—GEORGE LILLO, Fatal Curiosity
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Man's natural instinct is never toward what is sound and true; it is toward what is specious and false.—H. L. MENCKEN, Prejudices
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Reason, however able, cool at best,
Cares not for service, or but serves when prest,
Stays till we call, and then not often near;
But honest instinct comes a volunteer;
Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit,
While still too wide or short is human wit.—POPE, Essay on Man
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I'll never
Be such a gosling to obey instinct.—SHAKESPEARE, Coriolanus
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Beware instinct.—SHAKESPEARE, Henry IV
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Instinct is a great nutter; I was now a coward on instinct.—SHAKESPEARE, Henry IV
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Upon instinct.—I grant ye, upon instinct.—SHAKESPEARE, Henry IV
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By a divine instinct men's minds mistrust
Ensuing dangers.—SHAKESPEARE, Richard III
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A few strong instincts, and a few plain rules.—WORDSWORTH, Alas! What Boots the Long Laborious Quest?
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High instincts before which our mortal nature
Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised.—WORDSWORTH, Ode on Intimations of Immortality
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Reason progressive, instinct is complete;
Swift instinct leaps; slow reason feebly climbs.—EDWARD YOUNG, Night Thoughts
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