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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

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
Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Achievement Desire Development Man Power Stop
Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.
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Demand Economy Teaching Yourself
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Life Oneself Rare Writing
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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Animal Bird Demand Learning Politics Supply Word Yourself
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
The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
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Appearance Love Soul Unity
A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
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Greatness Himself Man Treat
Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
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Labor Wasted Time Work Writing
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
One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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Deep Freedom Man World
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
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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Born Dance Life Music Willing World Yourself
I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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Ambition Boredom Greatness Myself
The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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Fear Man One Liner Responsibility
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
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Bad Change Fortune Goodness Ourselves Time

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