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“I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”

— Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde Quote: “I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”

“I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”

— Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde Quote: “I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”

Oscar Wilde Quote: “I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”

Oscar Wilde Quote: “I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”

Oscar Wilde Quote: “I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”

Oscar Wilde Quote: “I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”

Oscar Wilde Quote: “I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”

Oscar Wilde Quote: “I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”

Oscar Wilde Quote: “I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”

Oscar Wilde Quote: “I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”

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— Thomas Carlyle

2. “Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.”

— Thomas Carlyle

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3. “Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see further.”

— Thomas Carlyle

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5. “Endurance is patience concentrated.”

— Thomas Carlyle

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6. “Permanence, perseverance, and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is these qualities that distinguish the strong soul from the weak.”

— Thomas Carlyle

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— Thomas Carlyle

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8. “A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.”

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9. “A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.”

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10. “A sad spectacle. If they be inhabited, what a scope for misery and folly. If they be not inhabited, what a waste of space.”

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11. “I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.”

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12. “Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.”

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13. “Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.”

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14. “Rest is for the dead.”

— Thomas Carlyle

15. “Every man is my superior in that I may learn from him.”

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16. “A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.”

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17. “My books are friends that never fail me.”

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18. “For every one hundred men who can stand adversity there is only one who can withstand prosperity.”

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19. “Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.”

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20. “Every noble work is at first impossible.”

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21. “Silence is more eloquent than words.”

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22. “The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.”

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23. “The true university of these days is a collection of books.”

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24. “Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite.”

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25. “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.”

— Thomas Carlyle

26. “Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.”

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27. “A fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work.”

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28. “The best lesson which we get from the tragedy of Karbala is that Husain and his companions were rigid believers in God. They illustrated that the numerical superiority does not count when it comes to the truth and the falsehood. The victory of Husain, despite his minority, marvels me!”

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29. “The genuine essence of truth never dies.”

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30. “The universe is but one vast Symbol of God.”

— Thomas Carlyle

31. “Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.”

— Thomas Carlyle

32. “Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.”

— Thomas Carlyle

33. “Wonder is the basis of worship.”

— Thomas Carlyle

34. “He who would write heroic poems should make his whole life a heroic poem.”

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35. “Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.”

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36. “No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”

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37. “The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.”

— Thomas Carlyle

38. “Books are a triviality. Life alone is great.”

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40. “The sincere alone can recognize sincerity.”

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41. “Speech is of time, silence is of eternity.”

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42. “Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.”

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43. “Be not a slave of words.”

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44. “Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.”

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45. “The meaning of song goes deep. Who in logical words can explain the effect music has on us? A kind of inarticulate, unfathomable speech, which leads us to the edge of the infinite, and lets us for a moment gaze into that!”

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46. “Out of Eternity the new day is born; Into Eternity at night will return.”

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47. “Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.”

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48. “Worship is transcendent wonder.”

— Thomas Carlyle

49. “Once turn to practice, error and truth will no longer consort together.”

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50. “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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