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 CARLYLEOne life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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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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He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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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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It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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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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Every noble work is at first impossible.
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Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.
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Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
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Speech is silver, silence is golden.
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Silence is more eloquent than words.
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