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Thomas Carlyle
The first duty...
The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
Silence is deep...
Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.
Source: Critical and...
The condition of...
The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of...
The foul sluggard's...
The foul sluggard's comfort: `It will last my time'.
Source: Critical and...
Show me the...
Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of...
The old cathedrals...
The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.
Silence is more...
Silence is more eloquent than words.
Source: In
The depth of...
The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope.
The greatest of...
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
Source: Heroes...
Tell a man...
Tell a man he is brave, and you help him become so.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
The real use...
The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.
Source: In
Skepticism means, not...
Skepticism means, not intellectual doubt alone, but moral doubt.
Source: Heroes and...
The end of...
The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.
Source: In...
The illimitable, silent,...
The illimitable, silent, never-resting thing called Time, rolling, rushing on, swift, silent, like an all-embracing...
The Public is...
The Public is an old woman. Let her maunder and mumble.
Source: Journal, 1835
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The sincere alone...
The sincere alone can recognize sincerity.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
Stern accuracy in...
Stern accuracy in inquiring, bold imagination in describing, these are the cogs on which history soars or flutters and...
The gospel according...
The gospel according to Jean Jacques.
Source: (Rousseau) French Revolution, Pt II....
The only happiness...
The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work...
The difference between...
The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great...