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.
THOMAS CARLYLEA man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
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The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
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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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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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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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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
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Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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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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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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Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
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No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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