Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
THOMAS CARLYLEOld age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
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No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
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Endurance is patience concentrated.
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Every noble work is at first impossible.
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History: A distillation of rumor.
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.
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I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign and believe there by the grace of God alone!
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
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Who is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do away? It is you, my mother.
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