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Clever men are good, but they are not the best. - Thomas Carlyle

Clever men are good, but they are not the best. – Thomas Carlyle

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The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope. – Thomas Carlyle

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No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in a true work of art that has excellence and depth, is that at first sight it produces a certain disappointment. – Thomas Carlyle

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After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life. – Evelyn Underhill

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You teach best what you most need to learn. – Richard Bach

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The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. – Abraham Lincoln

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You dont despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can. – P. J. ORourke

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