“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Category: business
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Foolish men imagine that because judgment for
“Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Category: death
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Foolish men imagine that because judgment for
“Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death.”
— Thomas Carlyle
Author: Thomas Carlyle
Category: men
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Imagination is a poor matter when it
“Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.”
— Thomas Carlyle
Author: Thomas Carlyle
Category: imagination
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Blessed is he who has found his
“Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Category: business
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Every day that is born into the
“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.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Category: music
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Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no
“Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.”
— Thomas Carlyle
Author: Thomas Carlyle
Category: work
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Blessed is he who has found his
“Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.”
— Thomas Carlyle
Author: Thomas Carlyle
Category: work
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Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and
“Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance – the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Category: time
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History shows that the majority of people
“History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Category: great
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No great man lives in vain. The
“No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”
— Thomas Carlyle
Author: Thomas Carlyle
Category: history
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