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.
THOMAS CARLYLEJust in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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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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Without kindness there can be no true joy.
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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
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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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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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They only are wise who know that they know nothing.
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Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.
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Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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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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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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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
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History: A distillation of rumor.
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