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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Thomas Carlyle

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
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Democracy Government Hero Satisfaction 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
Every noble work is at first impossible.
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Impossible Noble One Liner Work
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Life Oneself Rare Writing
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
Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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Activity Direction Terrible Work
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
Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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Angel Deep Music Talk
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
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
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Eyes Object Weakness
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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Act Kind Possible Recognition
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
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Book Collection Deep Greatness Knowledge Reading Teacher
A man lives by believing something.
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Believe Live Man One Liner
Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
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Alone God Man Poor Reality
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

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