Quote by Thomas Carlyle
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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There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune. – Thomas Carlyle

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No person was every rightly understood until they had been first regarded with a certain feeling, not of tolerance, but of sympathy. – Thomas Carlyle

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When you look good, you feel good. Confidence with what youre wearing is very important. If you feel good, you will always perform your best without worrying about anything. – Maria Sharapova

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Prosperity is the best protector of principle. – Mark Twain

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One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that. – Joseph Campbell

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Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. – Charles Kingsley

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