Scottish - Philosopher | December 4, 1795 - February 5, 1881
One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.
Thomas Carlyle
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Work alone is noble.
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Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.
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War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.
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Wonder is the basis of worship.
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It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
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Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
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Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.
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The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity.
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History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.
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To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes.
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Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
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