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The great soul of this world is just.

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Thomas Carlyle
Age: 85 †
Born: 1795
Born: December 4
Died: 1881
Died: February 5
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There is a perennial nobleness, and even sacredness, in work. Were he never so benighted, forgetful of his high calling, there is always hope in a man that actually and earnestly works: in idleness alone there is perpetual despair.
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How great a Possibility, how small a realized Result.
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Nature is the time-vesture of God that reveals Him to the wise, and hides him from the foolish.
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In this world there is one godlike thing, the essence of all that was or ever will be of godlike in this world: the veneration done to Human Worth by the hearts of men.
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Unity, agreement, is always silent or soft-voiced it is only discord that loudly proclaims itself.
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Know what thou canst work at, and work at it like a Hercules.
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Who is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do away? It is you, my mother.
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Rest is a fine medicine. Let your stomachs rest, ye dyspeptics let your brain rest, you wearied and worried people of business let your limbs rest, ye children of toil!
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The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit.
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