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No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
Thomas Carlyle
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Thomas Carlyle
Age: 85 †
Born: 1795
Born: December 4
Died: 1881
Died: February 5
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Philosopher of Chelsea
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Happy season of virtuous youth, when shame is still an impassable barrier, and the sacred air-cities of hope have not shrunk into the mean clay hamlets of reality and man, by his nature, is yet infinite and free.
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Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.
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Every man is my superior in that I may learn from him.
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Before philosophy can teach by Experience, the Philosophy has to be in readiness, the Experience must be gathered and intelligibly recorded.
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Goethe's devil is a cultivated personage and acquainted with the modern sciences sneers at witchcraft and the black art even while employing them, and doubts most things, nay, half disbelieves even his own existence.
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What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
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Pin your faith to no ones sleeves, haven't you two eyes of your own.
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Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you.
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The mystery of a person, indeed, is ever divine to him that has a sense for the godlike.
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The word of Mohammad is a voice direct from nature's own heart - all else is wind in comparison.
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See deep enough, and you see musically.
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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