A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
THOMAS CARLYLEA man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.
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A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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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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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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There can be no acting or doing of any kind till it be recognized that there is a thing to be done; the thing once recognized, doing in a thousand shapes becomes possible.
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Naps are a way of traveling painlessly through time into the future.
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Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
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