A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
THOMAS CARLYLETo 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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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.
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One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!
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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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There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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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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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.
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One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
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There are remedies for all things but death.
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Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
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There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
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If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.
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