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Stanley Baldwin: I am one...

Stanley Baldwin: I am one...

I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.

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Winston Churchill: A pessimist sees...

Winston Churchill: A pessimist sees...

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every...

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Winston Churchill: The farther back...

Winston Churchill: The farther back...

The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.

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Thomas Carlyle: Burke said that...

Thomas Carlyle: Burke said that...

Burke said that there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters' Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth...

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Thomas Carlyle: Poetry and Religion...

Thomas Carlyle: Poetry and Religion...

Poetry and Religion (and it is really worth knowing) are `a product of the smaller...

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Thomas Carlyle: Our grand business...

Thomas Carlyle: Our grand business...

Our grand business in life is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at...

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Thomas Carlyle: Nothing is more...

Thomas Carlyle: Nothing is more...

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Source: In Webster's...

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Thomas Carlyle: Skepticism means, not...

Thomas Carlyle: Skepticism means, not...

Skepticism means, not intellectual doubt alone, but moral doubt.

Source: Heroes and...

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Thomas Carlyle: The end of...

Thomas Carlyle: The end of...

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

Source: In...

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Thomas Carlyle: What is philosophy...

Thomas Carlyle: What is philosophy...

What is philosophy but a continual battle against custom?

Source: In Webster's...

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Henry David Thoreau: Being is the...

Henry David Thoreau: Being is the...

Being is the great explainer.

Source: Journals, entry 26 Feb 1841.
-- Henry...

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Henry David Thoreau: To watch this...

Henry David Thoreau: To watch this...

To watch this crystal globe just sent from heaven to associate with me. While these clouds and this somber drizzling...

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Henry David Thoreau: After the first...

Henry David Thoreau: After the first...

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Source: On the Duty of Civil...

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Henry David Thoreau: If I knew...

Henry David Thoreau: If I knew...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run...

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Henry David Thoreau: I have no...

Henry David Thoreau: I have no...

I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating...

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Henry David Thoreau: A farmer, a...

Henry David Thoreau: A farmer, a...

A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be daunted; but nothing can deter a poet, for he is...

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Henry David Thoreau: To a philosopher...

Henry David Thoreau: To a philosopher...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit it and read it are old women over their...

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Henry David Thoreau: Associate reverently, as...

Henry David Thoreau: Associate reverently, as...

Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.

Source: In...

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Henry David Thoreau: There is an...

Henry David Thoreau: There is an...

There is an incessant influx of novelty into the world, and yet we tolerate incredible...

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Henry David Thoreau: Philanthropy is almost...

Henry David Thoreau: Philanthropy is almost...

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

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