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Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.

Thomas Carlyle

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.
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Himself Kind Man Problem Universe Work
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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Better Education Mistake Teaching Understand Yourself
No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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Man Nose See Wisdom
A man lives by believing something.
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Believe Live Man One Liner
Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
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Alone God Man Poor Reality
It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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Deep Himself Man Poet Sincere Vision
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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Death Evil Fools Imagination Judgement Life Man
Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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Honor Kind Man Yourself
Without kindness there can be no true joy.
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Joy Kindness One Liner 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
Silence is more eloquent than words.
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One Liner Silence Word
The world is a thing that a man must learn to despise, and even to neglect, before he can learn to reverence it, and work in it and for it.
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Himself Learning Man Work World
There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.
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Money Pay Price Way
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Eyes Object Weakness
I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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Ambition Boredom Greatness Myself
The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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Act Fear Himself Man

Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.

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