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.
THOMAS CARLYLEA man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
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Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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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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Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy.
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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign and believe there by the grace of God alone!
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Every noble work is at first impossible.
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.
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One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
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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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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
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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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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!
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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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I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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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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