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Louisa May Alcott: People want to...

Louisa May Alcott: People want to...

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.

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Louisa May Alcott: Conceit spoils the...

Louisa May Alcott: Conceit spoils the...

Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even...

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Giambattista Vico: Common sense is...

Giambattista Vico: Common sense is...

Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human...

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Thomas Merton: Happiness is not...

Thomas Merton: Happiness is not...

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.

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Thomas ? Kempis: Don't think so...

Thomas ? Kempis: Don't think so...

Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you...

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Thomas Carlyle: Clever men are...

Thomas Carlyle: Clever men are...

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Thomas Carlyle: Close thy Byron;...

Thomas Carlyle: Close thy Byron;...

Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe.

Source: Sartor Resartus, Bk ii. Ch. 9
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Thomas Carlyle: Good breeding. ....

Thomas Carlyle: Good breeding. ....

Good breeding. . . differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather...

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Thomas Carlyle: If the cut...

Thomas Carlyle: If the cut...

If the cut of the costume indicates intellect and talent, then the color indicates temper and...

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Thomas Carlyle: If you do...

Thomas Carlyle: If you do...

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...

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Thomas Carlyle: I call the...

Thomas Carlyle: I call the...

I call the book of Job, apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with the...

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Thomas Carlyle: Make yourself an...

Thomas Carlyle: Make yourself an...

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the...

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Thomas Carlyle: If a book...

Thomas Carlyle: If a book...

If a book comes from the heart it will contrive to reach other hearts. All art and author craft are of small account...

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Thomas Carlyle: Narrative is linear,...

Thomas Carlyle: Narrative is linear,...

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.

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Thomas Carlyle: Literary men are...

Thomas Carlyle: Literary men are...

Literary men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.

Source: Critical and Miscellaneous...

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Thomas Carlyle: Nothing that was...

Thomas Carlyle: Nothing that was...

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can...

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Thomas Carlyle: Of all acts...

Thomas Carlyle: Of all acts...

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of...

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Thomas Carlyle: Men seldom, or...

Thomas Carlyle: Men seldom, or...

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve...

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Thomas Carlyle: Macaulay is well...

Thomas Carlyle: Macaulay is well...

Macaulay is well for a while, but one wouldn't live under Niagara.

Source: Remark,...

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Thomas Carlyle: No ghost was...

Thomas Carlyle: No ghost was...

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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