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.
THOMAS CARLYLEIf 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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One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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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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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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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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Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy.
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Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
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One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!
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Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.
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