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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Thomas Carlyle

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
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
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Eyes Object Weakness
The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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Act Fear Himself Man
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
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Generosity Himself Live Man Way World
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Life Oneself Rare Writing
There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.
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Money Pay Price Way
The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
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Darkness Enough Forever Shine Stardom
Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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Faith Growth Knowledge
Every noble work is at first impossible.
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Impossible Noble One Liner Work
Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
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Action Kind Talk Togetherness
Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
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Human Laughter Man Privilege Reason
If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.
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Better Man Talk Wasted Yourself
A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.
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Person Progress Purpose Road Rough
Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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Moments Stop Yourself
Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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Activity Direction Terrible Work

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