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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.

Thomas Carlyle

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.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Better Man Talk Wasted Yourself
Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don’t happen at all.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Greatness Oneself Trouble
Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Honor Kind Man Yourself
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.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Born Dance Life Music Willing World Yourself
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.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Act Kind Possible Recognition
Without kindness there can be no true joy.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Joy Kindness One Liner True
When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Fall Notice Silence Tree
It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Deep Himself Man Poet Sincere Vision
History: A distillation of rumor.
THOMAS CARLYLE

History One Liner Rumor
The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Darkness Enough Forever Shine Stardom
Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Lie Path Way Work Yourself
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.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Person Progress Purpose Road Rough
The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Battle Belief Deep End Philosophy
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Eyes Object Weakness
Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Democracy Government Hero Satisfaction Yourself
To say that we have a clear conscience is to utter a solecism; had we never sinned we should have had no conscience. Were defeat unknown, neither would victory be celebrated by songs of triumph.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Celebration Conscience Defeat Sin Song Success Victory

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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