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Thomas Carlyle: No man sees...

Thomas Carlyle: No man sees...

No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Thomas Carlyle: Pin your faith...

Thomas Carlyle: Pin your faith...

Pin your faith to no ones sleeves, haven't you two eyes of your own.

Source: In The...

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Thomas Carlyle: One seems to...

Thomas Carlyle: One seems to...

One seems to believe almost all that they believe; and when they stop short and call it a Religion, and you pass on,...

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Thomas Carlyle: See deep enough,...

Thomas Carlyle: See deep enough,...

See deep enough, and you see musically; the heart of nature being everywhere music.

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Thomas Carlyle: Writing is a...

Thomas Carlyle: Writing is a...

Writing is a dreadful Labour, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

Source: Two...

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Henry David Thoreau: Silence is the...

Henry David Thoreau: Silence is the...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin,...

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Henry David Thoreau: The mass never...

Henry David Thoreau: The mass never...

The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the...

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Henry David Thoreau: The most attractive...

Henry David Thoreau: The most attractive...

The most attractive sentences are not perhaps the wisest, but the surest and soundest.

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Henry David Thoreau: To regret deeply...

Henry David Thoreau: To regret deeply...

To regret deeply is to live afresh.

Source: Journals, 1906, entry for 13 Nov...

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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: 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: Haste makes waste,...

Henry David Thoreau: Haste makes waste,...

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

Source:
-- Henry David...

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Henry David Thoreau: As for doing...

Henry David Thoreau: As for doing...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it...

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Henry David Thoreau: To read well,...

Henry David Thoreau: To read well,...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader...

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Henry David Thoreau: I say, beware...

Henry David Thoreau: I say, beware...

I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of...

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Henry David Thoreau: The works of...

Henry David Thoreau: The works of...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only great poets can read...

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Henry David Thoreau: Time is but...

Henry David Thoreau: Time is but...

Time is but the stream I go a-fishin in. I drink at it, but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how...

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Henry David Thoreau: It is a...

Henry David Thoreau: It is a...

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Source: Walden,...

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Charles Dickens: In the little...

Charles Dickens: In the little...

In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely...

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Jean Paul: No heroine can...

Jean Paul: No heroine can...

No heroine can create a hero through love of one, but she can give birth to one.

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