Quote by Thomas Carlyle
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the bi

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. – Thomas Carlyle

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The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done. – Thomas Carlyle

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Stern accuracy in inquiring, bold imagination in describing, these are the cogs on which history soars or flutters and wobbles. – Thomas Carlyle

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When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of mans soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances. – Thomas Carlyle

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One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue. – Christopher Hitchens

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In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness – otherwise how would you know when youre happy? – Leslie Caron

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Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces. – Julius Caesar

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Being is the great explainer. – Henry David Thoreau

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