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Djuna Barnes: An image is...

Djuna Barnes: An image is...

An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.

Source: Nightwood,...

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Thomas Carlyle: What I loved...

Thomas Carlyle: What I loved...

What I loved in the man was his health, his unity with himself; all people and all things seemed to find their quite...

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Thomas Carlyle: Writing is a...

Thomas Carlyle: Writing is a...

Writing is a dreadful Labour, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

Source: Two...

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Henry David Thoreau: Is not disease...

Henry David Thoreau: Is not disease...

Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects....

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Henry David Thoreau: Let us not...

Henry David Thoreau: Let us not...

Let us not underrate the value of a fact; it will one day flower into a truth.

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Henry David Thoreau: Behave so the...

Henry David Thoreau: Behave so the...

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

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Henry David Thoreau: Sometimes we are...

Henry David Thoreau: Sometimes we are...

Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate...

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Henry David Thoreau: The broadest and...

Henry David Thoreau: The broadest and...

The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain...

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Henry David Thoreau: Only he is...

Henry David Thoreau: Only he is...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain...

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Henry David Thoreau: Haste makes waste,...

Henry David Thoreau: Haste makes waste,...

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

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Henry David Thoreau: I should not...

Henry David Thoreau: I should not...

I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.

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Henry David Thoreau: Poverty ... It...

Henry David Thoreau: Poverty ... It...

Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest.

Source: In Correct...

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Henry David Thoreau: When I hear...

Henry David Thoreau: When I hear...

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the...

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Thomas Carlyle: After all manner...

Thomas Carlyle: After all manner...

After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true...

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Thomas Carlyle: Fame, we may...

Thomas Carlyle: Fame, we may...

Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such; it is an accident, not a property...

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Thomas Carlyle: Every new opinion,...

Thomas Carlyle: Every new opinion,...

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

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Thomas Carlyle: Little other than...

Thomas Carlyle: Little other than...

Little other than a redtape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence.

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Thomas Carlyle: I have seen...

Thomas Carlyle: I have seen...

I have seen gleams in the face and eyes of the man that have let you look into a higher...

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Thomas Carlyle: Heroism is the...

Thomas Carlyle: Heroism is the...

Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men.

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Thomas Carlyle: Isolation is the...

Thomas Carlyle: Isolation is the...

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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