"Genius" (which means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all).

Thomas Carlyle

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Topic

Hard work Persistence

Author

Thomas Carlyle

Source

History of Frederick the Great

Language

English

Time

1858 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "Friedrich's Apprenticeship, First Stage." History of Frederick the Great. Volume 1. Chapman and Hall, 1858, bk. 4, ch. 3.

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Another quote by Thomas Carlyle

It is not what a man outwardly has or wants that constitutes the happiness or misery of him. Nakedness, hunger, distress of all kinds, death itself have been cheerfully suffered, when the heart was right. It is the feeling of injustice that is insupportable to all men.

Thomas Carlyle

Chartism

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Topic
Injustice Adversity

Author

Thomas Carlyle
Source
Chartism
Language
English
Time
1827 1820s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. Chartism. 1839, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "Chartism." Thomas Carlyle: Selected Writings. Penguin Classics, 2015, ch. 5.

Another quote from the 1850s

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden; or, Life in the Woods

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Topic
Simple living Introspection Life lessons Purpose of life

Author

Henry David Thoreau
Source
Where I Lived, And What I Lived For Walden; or, Life in the Woods
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1854 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Where I Lived, And What I Lived For." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Where I Lived, And What I Lived For." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

Another quote about Hard work

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic
Hard work Diligence Persistence Good luck Luck

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1736 1730s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. Poor Richard's Almanack. 1736.