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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.

Thomas Carlyle

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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Believe Force God Grace Himself Judgement Kind Soul
A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
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Goal Incomplete Man
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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Animal Bird Demand Learning Politics Supply Word Yourself
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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Affection Crime Forever Love Misery Mom Myself Yourself
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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Greatness Lying Opinion Popular World
When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
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Fall Notice Silence Tree
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
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Bad Change Fortune Goodness Ourselves Time
He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
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Forever Himself Hold On Time Vision
No pressure, no diamonds.
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Diamond Jewel One Liner Pressure
Today is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed is painful; yet ever needful; and if memory have its force and worth, so also has hope.
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Change Force Hope Memories Pain Past Present Work Worth
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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Deep Forever Shallow Silence Talk Time
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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Age Old Ourselves Sorrow Work
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.
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Calm God Hands Issues Leaving
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
Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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Honor Kind Man Yourself

In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.

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