Quote by Thomas Carlyle
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. – Thomas Carlyle

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No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. – Thomas Carlyle

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