Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it...

Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows,...

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows,...

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough...

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough...

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this...

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this...

All great peoples are conservative.

All great peoples are conservative.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography...

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography...

Teach a parrot the terms supply and demand and you've got an economist.

Teach a parrot the terms supply and demand and you've got an economist.

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard...

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard...

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely,...

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely,...

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation...

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation...

In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.

In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not...

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not...

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to...

Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this,...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this,...

Our luck? You noticed anything in particular about our luck these past few days? Any...

Our luck? You noticed anything in particular about our luck these past few days? Any...

Somebody would say, `Can you write us an article about big, bodice-ripping, blockbusting romance novels?'...

Somebody would say, `Can you write us an article about big, bodice-ripping, blockbusting romance novels?'...

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is...

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is...

All work and no play is not good for the soul

All work and no play is not good for the soul