Speech is silver, silence is golden.
THOMAS CARLYLENo 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!
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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There can be no acting or doing of any kind till it be recognized that there is a thing to be done; the thing once recognized, doing in a thousand shapes becomes possible.
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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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Every noble work is at first impossible.
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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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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Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
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A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
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History: A distillation of rumor.
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I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
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He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
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Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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