Thomas Carlyle's Quote - Mans unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is bec

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Mans unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is bec

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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