One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
THOMAS CARLYLEOf all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
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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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Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death.
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Endurance is patience concentrated.
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy.
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The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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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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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
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There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
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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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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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