Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
THOMAS CARLYLEA man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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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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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 battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
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No pressure, no diamonds.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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History: A distillation of rumor.
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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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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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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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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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