Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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History: A distillation of rumor.
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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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Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.
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Who is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do away? It is you, my mother.
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Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
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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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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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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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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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Every noble work is at first impossible.
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