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Small: Thought once awakened does not again slumber unfolds itself into a System of Thought grows, in man after man,
Thomas Carlyle
"Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows, in man after man, generation after generation, - till its full stature is reached, and such System of Thought can grow no farther, but must give place to another"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong
Thomas Carlyle
"Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad
Thomas Carlyle
"No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve
Thomas Carlyle
"No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope this world of his is emphatica
Thomas Carlyle
"Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world
Thomas Carlyle
"Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness
Thomas Carlyle
"Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barr
Thomas Carlyle
"It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt
Thomas Carlyle
"If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded
Thomas Carlyle
"If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do
Thomas Carlyle
"Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligen
Thomas Carlyle
"When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: What you see, but cant see over is as good as infinite
Thomas Carlyle
"What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest
Thomas Carlyle
"The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Teach a parrot the terms supply and demand and youve got an economist
Thomas Carlyle
"Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether
Thomas Carlyle
"Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your
Thomas Carlyle
"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 humanity is"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand
Thomas Carlyle
"Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO
Thomas Carlyle
"One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Nothing that was worthy in the past departs no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die
Thomas Carlyle
"Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: No violent extreme endures
Thomas Carlyle
"No violent extreme endures"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May but at length the season o
Thomas Carlyle
"Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom we have to
Thomas Carlyle
"In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: If there be no enemy theres no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown
Thomas Carlyle
"If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: He who has health, has hope and he who has hope, has everything
Thomas Carlyle
"He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pro
Thomas Carlyle
"For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Be not a slave of words
Thomas Carlyle
"Be not a slave of words"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope
Thomas Carlyle
"A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortunes inequality exhibits
Thomas Carlyle
"A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due woe to him that refuses it when it is
Thomas Carlyle
"Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest univers
Thomas Carlyle
"What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom
Thomas Carlyle
"Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which
Thomas Carlyle
"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see
Thomas Carlyle
"It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Ive got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom
Thomas Carlyle
"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being
Thomas Carlyle
"Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
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Small: The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficult
Samuel Smiles
"The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted"
Samuel Smiles, Author
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Small: Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but l
Samuel Smiles
"Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever"
Samuel Smiles, Author
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Small: It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages
Samuel Smiles
"It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action"
Samuel Smiles, Author
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Small: The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear
Samuel Smiles
"The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear"
Samuel Smiles, Author
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