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A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

Thomas Carlyle

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.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Believe Himself Man Original Sincere
I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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Ambition Boredom Greatness Myself
Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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Honor Kind Man Yourself
Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
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Better Education Mistake Teaching Understand Yourself
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
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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Greatness Lying Opinion Popular World
There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.
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Money Pay Price Way
If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
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Deep Enough Heart Music Nature Search
One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!
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Chance Forever Life Oneself
Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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Kind Man Misery Negative Work
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Eyes Object Weakness
See deep enough, and you see musically.
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Deep Enough Music See Yourself
It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.
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Himself Kind Man Problem Universe Work
It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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Deep Himself Man Poet Sincere Vision
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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Honesty Man World Yourself
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Life Oneself Rare Writing

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