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Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.

Thomas Carlyle

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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Food Fun God Himself People
Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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Ego Misery Negative Source
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
Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
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Blessing Himself Work
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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Business Distance Doubt Hands Lying See
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Build Confidence
A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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Gift Leaving Person See
He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
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Forever Himself Hold On Time Vision
See deep enough, and you see musically.
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Deep Enough Music See Yourself
Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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Moments Stop Yourself
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
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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Celebration Conscience Defeat Sin Song Success Victory
The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
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Attraction Deep Fear Past
Love is not altogether a Delirium, says he elsewhere; “yet has it many points in common therewith.”
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Common Himself Love Togetherness
Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
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Action Alone End Kind
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
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Life Oneself Rare Writing
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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Age Old Ourselves Sorrow Work
No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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Man Nose See Wisdom
Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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Activity Direction Terrible Work
Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
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Alone God Man Poor Reality
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
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Book Collection Deep Greatness Knowledge Reading Teacher
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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Greatness Lying Opinion Popular World
He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
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Belief Deep Hard Time Health Hope Motivational
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
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

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