No person is important enough to make me angry.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

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...

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

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...

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

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

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

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

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...

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there...

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there...

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...

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age...

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age...

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

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

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

War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.

War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.

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.

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

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

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.

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.