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.
THOMAS CARLYLEThere is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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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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A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.
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No person is important enough to make me angry.
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Endurance is patience concentrated.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don’t happen at all.
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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