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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

Thomas Carlyle

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
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Labor Wasted Time Work 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
Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
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Human Laughter Man Privilege Reason
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Life Oneself Rare Writing
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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Noble Originality Sincere
If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.
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Food Fun God Himself People
A man lives by believing something.
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Believe Live Man One Liner
Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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Lie Path Way Work Yourself
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
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
Endurance is patience concentrated.
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Concentration Deep Endurance Focus One Liner Patience
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
In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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Beginning Deep Moments
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Build Confidence
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
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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