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It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.

Thomas Carlyle

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
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Labor Wasted Time Work Writing
See deep enough, and you see musically.
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Deep Enough Music See Yourself
A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
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Goal Incomplete Man
It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
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Deep Head Heart See
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
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.
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Believe Himself Man Original Sincere
No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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Man Nose See Wisdom
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
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
Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
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Action Alone End Kind
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
Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Achievement Desire Development Man Power Stop
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.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Born Dance Life Music Willing World Yourself
Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
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Democracy Government Hero Satisfaction Yourself
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
Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
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Alone God Man Poor Reality

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