History: A distillation of rumor.
THOMAS CARLYLEPopular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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No pressure, no diamonds.
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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.
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They only are wise who know that they know nothing.
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It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
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Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
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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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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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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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When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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Silence is more eloquent than words.
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