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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 are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt. – Thomas Carlyle

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The hell of these days is the fear of not getting along, especially of not making money. – Thomas Carlyle

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The best is the cheapest. – Benjamin Franklin

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Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. – Finagle

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Quality isnt something that can be argued into an article or promised into it. It must be put there. If it isnt put there, the finest sales talk in the world wont act as a substitute. – C. G. Campbell

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