There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
THOMAS CARLYLEMake yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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Without kindness there can be no true joy.
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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To say that we have a clear conscience is to utter a solecism; had we never sinned we should have had no conscience. Were defeat unknown, neither would victory be celebrated by songs of triumph.
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Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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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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One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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Endurance is patience concentrated.
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Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
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It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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