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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

Thomas Carlyle

Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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Moments Stop Yourself
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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Deep Forever Shallow Silence Talk Time
Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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Kind Man Misery Negative Work
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
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
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Eyes Object Weakness
Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
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Action Kind Talk Togetherness
Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.
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Angry Destroy Irritation
Who is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do away? It is you, my mother.
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Affection Crime Forever Love Misery Mom Myself Yourself
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
The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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Fear Man One Liner Responsibility
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
The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
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Darkness Enough Forever Shine Stardom
No person is important enough to make me angry.
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Angry Enough Important Myself Person
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
You can make even a parrot into a learned political economist – all he must learn are the two words “supply” and “demand.”
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Animal Bird Demand Learning Politics Supply Word Yourself

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