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• One monster there is in the world, the idle man. -- Thomas Carlyle
• The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.
  -- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish historian -- Letter to R. W. Emmerson (May 13, 1853)...
• There is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a biography, the life of a ma
  also it may be said, there is no life of a man, faithfully recorded, but is a heroic poem of its sort, rhymed or unrhymed....
• The universe is but one vast Symbol of God. -- Thomas Carlyle
• Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world. -- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
• One life,--a little gleam of time between two Eternities.
  -- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) -- Heroes and Hero-Worship, The Hero as a Man of Lette...
• Virtue is like health: the harmony of the whole man. -- Thomas Carlyle
• Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
  -- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) -- Heroes and Hero-Worship, The Hero as a Man of Lette...
• You have an ambitious nature and may make a name for yourself.