Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

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...

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be noblest

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be noblest

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is...

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is...

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...

Foolish men imagine that because judgement for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

Foolish men imagine that because judgement for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

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,...

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and...

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and...

That a parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an...

That a parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an...

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it,...

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it,...

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better....

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better....

One of the greatest sounds of them all - and to me it is a...

One of the greatest sounds of them all - and to me it is a...

Silence is a power only in the hands of enlightened minds, but weakness in the...

Silence is a power only in the hands of enlightened minds, but weakness in the...

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of...

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of...