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Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Thomas Carlyle

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 CARLYLE

Believe Himself Man Original Sincere
Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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Angel Deep Music Talk
History: A distillation of rumor.
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History One Liner Rumor
Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy.
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Best Experience Feeling heavy Money Soul
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
Silence is more eloquent than words.
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One Liner Silence Word
Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.
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Angry Destroy Irritation
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
The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
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Appearance Love Soul Unity
Love is not altogether a Delirium, says he elsewhere; “yet has it many points in common therewith.”
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Common Himself Love Togetherness
Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
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Alone God Man Poor Reality
Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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Activity Direction Terrible Work
They only are wise who know that they know nothing.
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Deep Knowledge Man Wisdom
Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
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Action Kind Talk Togetherness
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
A man lives by believing something.
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Believe Live Man One Liner

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

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