Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Thought is the parent of the deed.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight...

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight...

Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable...

Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable...

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...

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,...

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to...

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to...

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

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...

Be not a slave of words.

Be not a slave of words.

Manners are stronger than laws

Manners are stronger than laws

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical...

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical...

No person is important enough to make me angry.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

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.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to...

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to...