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Henry Ward Beecher: Living is death;...

Henry Ward Beecher: Living is death;...

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that...

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Henry Ward Beecher: The real man...

Henry Ward Beecher: The real man...

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A right rule...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A right rule...

A right rule for a club would be, Admit no man whose presence excludes any one topic. It requires people who are not...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: By persisting in...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: By persisting in...

By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.

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Friedrich Nietzsche: You say it...

Friedrich Nietzsche: You say it...

You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I tell you: it is the good war that hallows every...

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Edmund Burke: To read without...

Edmund Burke: To read without...

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Source: In The...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: He cannot be...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: He cannot be...

He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.

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Thomas Carlyle: Adversity is sometimes...

Thomas Carlyle: Adversity is sometimes...

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand...

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Thomas Carlyle: France was long...

Thomas Carlyle: France was long...

France was long a despotism tempered by epigrams.

Source: History of the French...

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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: History shows that...

Thomas Carlyle: History shows that...

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in...

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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: Let one who...

Thomas Carlyle: Let one who...

Let one who wants to move and convince others, first be convinced and moved themselves. If a person speaks with...

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Henry David Thoreau: The government of...

Henry David Thoreau: The government of...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after-dinner conversations over the...

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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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Henry David Thoreau: Heaven is under...

Henry David Thoreau: Heaven is under...

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Source: From Journey in Word,...

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Otto von Bismarck: People never lie...

Otto von Bismarck: People never lie...

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

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A J Balfour: I rather think...

A J Balfour: I rather think...

I rather think of having a career of my own.

Source: When asked whether he was...

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A J Balfour: Enthusiasm moves the...

A J Balfour: Enthusiasm moves the...

Enthusiasm moves the world.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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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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