Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
THOMAS CARLYLEEverywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Old 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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The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
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They only are wise who know that they know nothing.
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There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
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It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
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Today is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed is painful; yet ever needful; and if memory have its force and worth, so also has hope.
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To say that we have a clear conscience is to utter a solecism; had we never sinned we should have had no conscience. Were defeat unknown, neither would victory be celebrated by songs of triumph.
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Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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Without kindness there can be no true joy.
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Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.
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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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