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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first

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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If you look deep enough you will see music the heart of nature being everywhere music. – Thomas Carlyle

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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer. – Thomas Carlyle

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