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Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

Thomas Carlyle

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
No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign and believe there by the grace of God alone!
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Believe Force God Grace Himself Judgement Kind Soul
Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
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Human Laughter Man Privilege Reason
History: A distillation of rumor.
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History One Liner Rumor
No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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Man Nose See Wisdom
One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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Deep Freedom Man World
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
Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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Kind Man Misery Negative Work
Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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Faith Growth Knowledge
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
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
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
The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
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Darkness Enough Forever Shine Stardom
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
If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
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Deep Enough Heart Music Nature Search
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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Honesty Man World Yourself

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