No sadder proof can be given of a person's own tiny stature, than their disbelief in great people.
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The great law of culture - and surely this convention before us now is a great law of culture - is let each person become all that he was created equal of being. That is what this convention will help to achieve.Thomas Carlyle
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
Thomas Carlyle
Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.
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Clean undeniable right, clear undeniable might either of these once ascertained puts an end to battle. All battle is a confused experiment to ascertain one and both of these.
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The best effect of any book, is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
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Oblivion is the dark page whereon memory writes her light-beam characters were it all light, nothing could be read there, any more than if it were all darkness.
Thomas Carlyle
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