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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the f

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that – is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? – Thomas Carlyle

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The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious. – Thomas Carlyle

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

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It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force. – Irving Berlin

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I like a man whos good, but not too good – for the good die young, and I hate a dead one. – Mae West

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By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, youll become happy if you get a bad one, youll become a philosopher. – Socrates

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