Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
THOMAS CARLYLEWriting is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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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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Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.
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Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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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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Endurance is patience concentrated.
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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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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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Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy.
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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
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Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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