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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
History shows that the majority of people that have done anything

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion. – Thomas Carlyle

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A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortunes inequality exhibits under this sun. – Thomas Carlyle

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Reform is not pleasant, but grievous no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation. – Thomas Carlyle

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