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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
I grow daily to honor facts more and more, and theory less and les

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

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To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. – Thomas Carlyle

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Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. – Thomas Carlyle

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Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts. – Francis Bacon

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Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in mens heads. – Fogg Brackell

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Facts quite often, I fear to confess, like lawyers, put me to sleep at noon. Not theories, however. Theories are invigorating and tonic. Give me an ounce of fact and I will produce you a ton of theory by tea this afternoon. That is, after all, my job. – Ray Bradbury

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Measure three times before you cut once. – Proverb

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