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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time. - Thomas

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time. – Thomas Carlyle

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Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come. – Thomas Carlyle

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Seasons
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In the true Literary Man there is thus ever, acknowledged or not by the world, a sacredness: he is the light of the world; the worlds Priest; — guiding it, like a sacred Pillar of Fire, in its dark pilgrimage through the waste of Time. – Thomas Carlyle

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Literary
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A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads. – Thomas Carlyle

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Commitment
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On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War. – Michael Badnarik

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Time goes on. So whatever youre going to do, do it. Do it now. Dont wait. – Robert De Niro

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Time

Heckling is an act of cowardice. If you want to speak, get up in front of the microphone and speak, dont sit in the dark hiding. Its easy to hide and shout and waste peoples time. – Billy Connolly

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Time

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time ones never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. – Aldous Huxley

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The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all. – Voltaire

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To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy. – J. Paul Getty

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Im actually not a big fan of the word hope. I think its a depressing word. I dont want to hope – I want to know. Like I dont hope theres a God, I know theres a God. – Kelly Clarkson

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