No person is important enough to make me angry.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Manners are stronger than laws

Manners are stronger than laws

Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing...

Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing...

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the...

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the...

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become...

Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become...

Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time.

Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time.

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...

The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of...

The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of...

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their...

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became...

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...

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

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

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.