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

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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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...

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,...

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better,...

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better,...

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made...

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made...

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

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.

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A...

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A...

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...

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...

No pressure, no diamonds.

No pressure, no diamonds.

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

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

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...

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

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...

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of...

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It...