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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gr

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights. – Thomas Carlyle

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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. – Thomas Carlyle

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No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors. – Thomas Carlyle

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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. – Jane Austen

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I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. Im an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after. – Cat Stevens

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