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.
THOMAS CARLYLEEgotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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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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Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
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Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
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I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.
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If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
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History: A distillation of rumor.
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Love is not altogether a Delirium, says he elsewhere; “yet has it many points in common therewith.”
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The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
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Naps are a way of traveling painlessly through time into the future.
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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Endurance is patience concentrated.
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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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