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Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.

Thomas Carlyle

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
Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
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Democracy Government Hero Satisfaction Yourself
No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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Man Nose See Wisdom
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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Inspirational Motivational Obstacle Path Perspective Strong Weakness
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Eyes Object Weakness
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
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
Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don’t happen at all.
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Greatness Oneself Trouble
Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
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Big Ideas Mindset Original Place State
Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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Action Wasted Time Worth
Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy.
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Best Experience Feeling heavy Money Soul
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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Honesty Man World Yourself
A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
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Believe Errors Himself Man Mistake Truth Unity Way
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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Book Collection Deep Greatness Knowledge Reading Teacher
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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Action Life Question True
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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Better Man Talk Wasted Yourself

Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.

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