Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
THOMAS CARLYLEOne monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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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.
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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The world is a thing that a man must learn to despise, and even to neglect, before he can learn to reverence it, and work in it and for it.
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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign and believe there by the grace of God alone!
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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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No pressure, no diamonds.
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Every noble work is at first impossible.
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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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