Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to...

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to...

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...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

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...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this,...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this,...

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of...

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of...

Teach a parrot the terms supply and demand and you've got an economist.

Teach a parrot the terms supply and demand and you've got an economist.

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...

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...

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

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

No age seemed the age of romance to itself.

No age seemed the age of romance to itself.

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...

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

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

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom...

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom...

A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism.

A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism.

Taxes are the way the government has of artificially inducing the rainy day everybody has...

Taxes are the way the government has of artificially inducing the rainy day everybody has...