Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
THOMAS CARLYLEA well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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See deep enough, and you see musically.
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
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They only are wise who know that they know nothing.
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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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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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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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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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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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Endurance is patience concentrated.
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