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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.

Thomas Carlyle

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.
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Believe Himself Man Original Sincere
Naps are a way of traveling painlessly through time into the future.
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Future Sleep Time Travel Way
Silence is more eloquent than words.
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One Liner Silence Word
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Life Oneself Rare Writing
It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
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Deep Head Heart See
Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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Activity Direction Terrible Work
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
A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
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Greatness Himself Man Treat
A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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Gift Leaving Person See
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
The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
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Attraction Deep Fear Past
He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
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Forever Himself Hold On Time Vision
There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.
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Money Pay Price Way
Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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Ego Misery Negative Source
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
The world is a thing that a man must learn to despise, and even to neglect, before he can learn to reverence it, and work in it and for it.
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Himself Learning Man Work World

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