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There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.

Thomas Carlyle

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
Every noble work is at first impossible.
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Impossible Noble One Liner Work
Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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Kind Man Misery Negative Work
It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
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Deep Head Heart See
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
Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
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Better Education Mistake Teaching Understand Yourself
Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
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Action Alone End Kind
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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Deep Forever Shallow Silence Talk Time
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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Action Life Question True
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
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
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
There are remedies for all things but death.
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Cure Death One Liner
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
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

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