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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: For the 'superior...

Thomas Carlyle: For the 'superior...

For the 'superior morality,' of which we hear so much, we too would desire to be thankful: at the same time, it were...

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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 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: Ill-health, of body...

Thomas Carlyle: Ill-health, of body...

Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be...

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Thomas Carlyle: Oh, give us...

Thomas Carlyle: Oh, give us...

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Thomas Carlyle: Old age is...

Thomas Carlyle: Old age is...

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind...

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Thomas Carlyle: Only the person...

Thomas Carlyle: Only the person...

Only the person of worth can recognize the worth in others.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Henry David Thoreau: The stars are...

Henry David Thoreau: The stars are...

The stars are the apexes of what triangles!

Source: Journals, 1906, entry for 5 Oct...

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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: I had three...

Henry David Thoreau: I had three...

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.

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William Shakespeare: Men's evil manners...

William Shakespeare: Men's evil manners...

Men's evil manners live in brass, their virtues
We write in water.


Source:...

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William Wordsworth: A flock of...

William Wordsworth: A flock of...

A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by,
One after one; the sound of rain and bees
Murmuring; the fall of...

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William Wordsworth: The dew was...

William Wordsworth: The dew was...

The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink;
I heard a voice; it said `Drink, pretty creature,...

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William Wordsworth: Men are we,...

William Wordsworth: Men are we,...

Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade
Of that which once was great is passed...

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Emily Dickinson: I dwell in...

Emily Dickinson: I dwell in...

I dwell in Possibility --
A fairer House than Prose --
More numerous of Windows --
Superior --for Doors...

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Oscar Wilde: Experience is one...

Oscar Wilde: Experience is one...

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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George Bernard Shaw: When you are...

George Bernard Shaw: When you are...

When you are so poor that you cannot afford to refuse eighteenpence from a man who is too poor to pay you any more, it...

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James Matthew Barrie: Life is a...

James Matthew Barrie: Life is a...

Life is a cup of tea; the more heartily we drink the sooner we reach the dregs.

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James Matthew Barrie: Let no one...

James Matthew Barrie: Let no one...

Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.

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