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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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I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil. – Thomas Carlyle

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For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad. – Thomas Carlyle

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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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A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. – Vincent Van Gogh

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Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret. – Robert E. Lee

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