Quote by Thomas Carlyle
The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred

The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of making a mistake, wont in the end affirm or deny anything. – Thomas Carlyle

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No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors. – Thomas Carlyle

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Let one who wants to move and convince others, first be convinced and moved themselves. If a person speaks with genuine earnestness the thoughts, the emotion and the actual condition of their own heart, others will listen because we all are knit together by the tie of sympathy. – Thomas Carlyle

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Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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