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Such Quotes by 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…
- A thinking man is the worst enemy the Prince of Darkness can have; every time such an one announces himself, I doubt not there runs…
- No sooner does a great man depart, and leave his character as public property, than a crowd of little men rushes towards it. There they…
- Only perhaps in the United States, which alone of countries can do without governing,every man being at least able to live, and move off into…
- We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast of free-thinking as we may, are oftenest simply such beliefs…
- A man must indeed be a hero to appear such in the eyes of his valet.
- A man with a half volition goes backwards and forwards, and makes no way on the smoothest road; a man with a whole volition advances…
- Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you.
- Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such; it is an accident, not a property of man.
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