Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
THOMAS CARLYLEThere are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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No pressure, no diamonds.
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Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death.
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If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.
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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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He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.
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A man lives by believing something.
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If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
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