Quote by Thomas Carlyle
I dont pretend to understand the Universe - its a great deal bigge

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

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To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. – Thomas Carlyle

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If those gentlemen would let me alone I should be much obliged to them. I would say, as Shakespeare would say… Sweet Friend, for Jesus sake forbear. – Thomas Carlyle

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