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 CARLYLEBlessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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Naps are a way of traveling painlessly through time into the future.
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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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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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The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
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One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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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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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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They only are wise who know that they know nothing.
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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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