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Thomas Carlyle: The condition of...

Thomas Carlyle: The condition of...

The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of...

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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: There is often...

Thomas Carlyle: There is often...

There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems.

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Henry David Thoreau: The light which...

Henry David Thoreau: The light which...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to...

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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: Books are the...

Henry David Thoreau: Books are the...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

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Henry David Thoreau: Humility like darkness...

Henry David Thoreau: Humility like darkness...

Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

Source: Walden, 1854.
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Henry David Thoreau: There are a...

Henry David Thoreau: There are a...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

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Edmund Burke: Good order is...

Edmund Burke: Good order is...

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Source: Reflections on the Revolution...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Brevity is a...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Brevity is a...

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Source: In Instant Quotation Dictionary, by...

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G K Chesterton: You could compile...

G K Chesterton: You could compile...

You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the...

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G K Chesterton: A large section...

G K Chesterton: A large section...

A large section of the intelligentsia seems wholly devoid of intelligence.

Source:...

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G K Chesterton: Experience which was...

G K Chesterton: Experience which was...

Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.

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G K Chesterton: A puritan is...

G K Chesterton: A puritan is...

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

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Arthur Conan Doyle: I can never...

Arthur Conan Doyle: I can never...

I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues...

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Henry David Thoreau: Aim above morality....

Henry David Thoreau: Aim above morality....

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Source: In The...

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Henry David Thoreau: If I shall...

Henry David Thoreau: If I shall...

If I shall sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I'm sure that, for me, there would...

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Henry David Thoreau: It is usually...

Henry David Thoreau: It is usually...

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more...

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Henry David Thoreau: It is not...

Henry David Thoreau: It is not...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect for right.

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Henry David Thoreau: The greatest compliment...

Henry David Thoreau: The greatest compliment...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked what I thought, and attended to my...

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