History: A distillation of rumor.
THOMAS CARLYLEOne monster there is in the world, the idle man.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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Silence is more eloquent than words.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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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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Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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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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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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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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Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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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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Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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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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