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He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.

Thomas Carlyle

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
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Democracy Government Hero Satisfaction Yourself
One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!
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Chance Forever Life Oneself
Today is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed is painful; yet ever needful; and if memory have its force and worth, so also has hope.
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Change Force Hope Memories Pain Past Present Work Worth
Without kindness there can be no true joy.
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Joy Kindness One Liner True
Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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Angel Deep Music Talk
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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Himself Kind Man Problem Universe Work
No pressure, no diamonds.
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Diamond Jewel One Liner Pressure
Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
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Better Education Mistake Teaching Understand Yourself
No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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Man Nose See Wisdom
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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Book Collection Deep Greatness Knowledge Reading Teacher
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.
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Death Evil Fools Imagination Judgement Life Man
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Eyes Object Weakness
Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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Action Wasted Time Worth
There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
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Instruction Precious Wrong
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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Believe Himself Man Original Sincere
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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Greatness Lying Opinion Popular World

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