Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
THOMAS CARLYLEYou 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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Naps are a way of traveling painlessly through time into the future.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
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Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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Every noble work is at first impossible.
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Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
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Endurance is patience concentrated.
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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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See deep enough, and you see musically.
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