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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

Thomas Carlyle

Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.
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Demand Economy Teaching Yourself
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Life Oneself Rare Writing
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.
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Calm God Hands Issues Leaving
Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Achievement Desire Development Man Power Stop
Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
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Alone God Man Poor Reality
The world is a thing that a man must learn to despise, and even to neglect, before he can learn to reverence it, and work in it and for it.
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Himself Learning Man Work World
They only are wise who know that they know nothing.
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Deep Knowledge Man Wisdom
Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
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Born Dance Life Music Willing World Yourself
Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.
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Brave Help Person Yourself
History: A distillation of rumor.
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History One Liner Rumor
The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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Act Fear Himself Man
A man lives by believing something.
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Believe Live Man One Liner
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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Death Evil Fools Imagination Judgement Life Man
No person is important enough to make me angry.
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Angry Enough Important Myself Person
Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
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Action Alone End Kind
A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.
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Person Progress Purpose Road Rough

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

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