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Love is not altogether a Delirium, says he elsewhere; “yet has it many points in common therewith.”

Thomas Carlyle

The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
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Attraction Deep Fear Past
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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Born Dance Life Music Willing World Yourself
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
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Build Confidence
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Eyes Object Weakness
No person is important enough to make me angry.
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Angry Enough Important Myself Person
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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Food Fun God Himself People
There are remedies for all things but death.
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Cure Death One Liner
A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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Gift Leaving Person See
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
Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.
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Angry Destroy Irritation
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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Greatness Lying Opinion Popular World
Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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Beautiful Element Goodness Mystery Secret Virtue
Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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Moments Stop Yourself
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
Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death.
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Death Evil Fools Imagination Judgement Life Man
If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.
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Better Man Talk Wasted Yourself
Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
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Action Kind Talk Togetherness
A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
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Flow Heart Joy Kindness Laughter True
Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Achievement Desire Development Man Power Stop
Every noble work is at first impossible.
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Impossible Noble One Liner Work
Endurance is patience concentrated.
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Concentration Deep Endurance Focus One Liner Patience
Today is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed is painful; yet ever needful; and if memory have its force and worth, so also has hope.
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Change Force Hope Memories Pain Past Present Work Worth
A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.
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Person Progress Purpose Road Rough
Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.
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Brave Help Person Yourself
The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
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Appearance Love Soul Unity
Without kindness there can be no true joy.
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Joy Kindness One Liner True

Love is not altogether a Delirium, says he elsewhere; “yet has it many points in common therewith.”

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