Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Debt is a bottomless sea.

Debt is a bottomless sea.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at...

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at...

History, a distillation of rumour.

History, a distillation of rumour.

Manners are stronger than laws

Manners are stronger than laws

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man...

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man...

The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had...

The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had...

He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of...

He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of...

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...

Love is not altogether a , yet it has many points in common therewith

Love is not altogether a , yet it has many points in common therewith

Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men,...

Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men,...

The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.

The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.

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...

What we might call, by way of eminence, the Dismal Science

What we might call, by way of eminence, the Dismal Science

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow...

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow...

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.

The glory of a workman, still more of a master-workman, that he does his work...

The glory of a workman, still more of a master-workman, that he does his work...

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves...

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves...