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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
The beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even

The beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even with armed eyesight, till they become transparent. – Thomas Carlyle

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Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy! – Thomas Carlyle

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I dont pretend to understand the Universe – its a great deal bigger than I am. – Thomas Carlyle

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But perhaps the universe is suspended on the tooth of some monster. – Anton Chekhov

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Another way of approaching the thing is to consider it unnamed, unnamable. – Francis Ponge

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We are asleep with compasses in our hands. – W.S. Merwin

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Ink smears, as thoughts sometimes do. – Terri Guillemets

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