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Ralph Waldo Emerson

"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Achievement    Scottish Philosopher   

Thomas Carlyle

"Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness." — Thomas Carlyle
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Darkness    Scottish Philosopher   

Thomas Carlyle

"What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books." — Thomas Carlyle
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Books And Reading    Scottish Philosopher   

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"The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning." — Adam Ferguson
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History    Scottish Philosopher   

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"Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design." — Adam Ferguson
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Blindness    Scottish Philosopher   

Thomas Carlyle

"Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are." — Thomas Carlyle
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Honor    Scottish Philosopher   

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"In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many." — Adam Ferguson
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Thomas Carlyle

"Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation." — Thomas Carlyle
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Hard Work    Scottish Philosopher   

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"Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate." — Adam Ferguson
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Climate    Scottish Philosopher   

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"The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities." — Adam Ferguson
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David Hume

"Custom, then, is the great guide of human life." — David Hume
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Thomas Carlyle

"Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world." — Thomas Carlyle
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David Hume

"It is a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave." — David Hume
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Man    Scottish Philosopher   

Thomas Carlyle

"No person is important enough to make me angry." — Thomas Carlyle
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"Well I guess the plan was to write poetry and publish books and make a living from writing poetry. That was a pretty ambitious plan I guess." — Robert Adamson
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"But I have never seen any proof that there are such laws of nature, far less any proof that the strongest motive always prevails." — Thomas Reid
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"Francis Webb is easily our greatest poet and one of the greatest poets in the world but he's hardly ever mentioned." — Robert Adamson
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Thomas Carlyle

"When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent." — Thomas Carlyle
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Behavior    Scottish Philosopher   

Thomas Carlyle

"The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity." — Thomas Carlyle
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Heart    Scottish Philosopher   

Thomas Carlyle

"Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment." — Thomas Carlyle
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"I don't know if younger poets read a lot of, you know, the poets - the established poets. There was a lot of pretty boring stuff to sort of put up with and to add to, to make something vital from." — Robert Adamson
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