Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
THOMAS CARLYLENo man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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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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Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
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Speech is silver, silence is golden.
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If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
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Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.
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Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
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If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.
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Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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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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Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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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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There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
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