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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.

Thomas Carlyle

The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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Battle Belief Deep End Philosophy
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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Noble Originality Sincere
A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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Gift Leaving Person See
Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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Ego Misery Negative Source
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
Naps are a way of traveling painlessly through time into the future.
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Future Sleep Time Travel Way
A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
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Argument Believe Live Man
Endurance is patience concentrated.
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Concentration Deep Endurance Focus One Liner Patience
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
One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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Deep Freedom Man World
It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.
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Himself Kind Man Problem Universe Work
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
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Generosity Himself Live Man Way World
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
You can make even a parrot into a learned political economist – all he must learn are the two words “supply” and “demand.”
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Animal Bird Demand Learning Politics Supply Word Yourself
A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
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Believe Errors Himself Man Mistake Truth Unity Way
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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Action Life Question True

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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