No violent extreme endures.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn...

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn...

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

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,...

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

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

The purpose of man is in action, not thought.

The purpose of man is in action, not thought.

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 world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.

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

Sarcasm is the language of the devil, for which reason I have long since as...

Sarcasm is the language of the devil, for which reason I have long since as...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other...

Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other...

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

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

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred...

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred...

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...

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

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...

No pressure, no diamonds.

No pressure, no diamonds.

Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on...

Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on...