Quote by Thomas Carlyle
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects. - Thomas Carlyle

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects. – Thomas Carlyle

Other quotes by Thomas Carlyle

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done. – Thomas Carlyle

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Happiness
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer. – Thomas Carlyle

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Duty
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We are each a dozen people who were all the same child. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. – Polish Proverb

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Philosophical

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different. – Aldous Huxley

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When I break any of the chains that bind me I feel that I make myself smaller. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts. – Mary Pipher

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The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight. – Charles Baudelaire

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But I dont have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Princes Trust, so Im just living up to my reputation. – Kate Bush

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But, if you observe children learning in their first few years of life, you can see that they can and do learn on their own – we leave them alone to crawl, walk, talk, and gain control over their bodies. It happens without much help from parents. – Daniel Greenberg

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alone