The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
THOMAS CARLYLEA man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.
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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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There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
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Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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No pressure, no diamonds.
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The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
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One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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