Quote by Thomas Carlyle
The first duty of man is to conquer fear he must get rid of it, he

The first duty of man is to conquer fear he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then. – Thomas Carlyle

Other quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. – Thomas Carlyle

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When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze. – Thomas Carlyle

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Silence
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Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights. – Thomas Carlyle

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good
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Fear
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Fear is the mother of foresight. – Thomas Hardy

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Fear, anxiety and neurosis: thats just in the suitcase when youre an actor. – Laura Linney

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My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall – whats going to happen in this scene, or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary, sloppy reflection of who I am. – Jonathan Safran Foer

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I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength. – Etty Hillesum

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Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held. – Aldous Huxley

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