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Henry David Thoreau: Drive a nail...

Henry David Thoreau: Drive a nail...

Drive a nail home and clinch it so faithfully that you can wake up in the night and think of your work with...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: The mansion should...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: The mansion should...

The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: The causes of...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: The causes of...

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

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Thomas Carlyle: A well-written life...

Thomas Carlyle: A well-written life...

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

Source: Critical and...

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Thomas Carlyle: I don't pretend...

Thomas Carlyle: I don't pretend...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe- it's a great deal bigger than I am . . . People ought to be...

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Thomas Carlyle: I never heard...

Thomas Carlyle: I never heard...

I never heard tell of any clever man that came of entirely stupid people.

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Thomas Carlyle: No good book...

Thomas Carlyle: No good book...

No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in a true work of...

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Thomas Carlyle: One is hardly...

Thomas Carlyle: One is hardly...

One is hardly sensible of fatigue while he marches to music.

Source: In The...

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Thomas Carlyle: Permanence, perseverance and...

Thomas Carlyle: Permanence, perseverance and...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this,...

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Thomas Carlyle: No sadder proof...

Thomas Carlyle: No sadder proof...

No sadder proof can be given of a person's own tiny stature, than their disbelief in great...

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Thomas Carlyle: The age of...

Thomas Carlyle: The age of...

The age of miracles is forever here!

Source: 'The Hero as Priest' [But see...

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Thomas Carlyle: The tragedy of...

Thomas Carlyle: The tragedy of...

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.

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Thomas Carlyle: The hell of...

Thomas Carlyle: The hell of...

The hell of these days is the fear of not getting along, especially of not making money.

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Honore de Balzac: The duration of...

Honore de Balzac: The duration of...

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

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Honore de Balzac: In diving to...

Honore de Balzac: In diving to...

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

Source: In...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: There is nothing...

Arthur Conan Doyle: There is nothing...

There is nothing as deceptive as an obvious fact.

Source: The Bascombe Valley...

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Aesop: It is easy...

Aesop: It is easy...

It is easy to be brave when far away from danger.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Aesop: We would often...

Aesop: We would often...

We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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G K Chesterton: What a glorious...

G K Chesterton: What a glorious...

What a glorious garden of wonders the lights of Broadway would be to anyone lucky enough to be unable to...

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G K Chesterton: The world will...

G K Chesterton: The world will...

The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.

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