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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but

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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Mans unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite. – Thomas Carlyle

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Sadness
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Thomas Carlyle
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True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper. – Thomas Carlyle

Category:
Humor
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Thomas Carlyle
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Dad almost died of a heart attack in the middle of making Apocalypse Now, the biggest movie of his life. It doesnt make you want to jump into that business. – Charlie Sheen

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