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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. - Thomas

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. – Thomas Carlyle

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Let one who wants to move and convince others, first be convinced and moved themselves. If a person speaks with genuine earnestness the thoughts, the emotion and the actual condition of their own heart, others will listen because we all are knit together by the tie of sympathy. – Thomas Carlyle

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Persuasion
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Thomas Carlyle
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If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else. – Thomas Carlyle

Category:
Men
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Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue. – Confucius

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A No uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a Yes merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble. – Mahatma Gandhi

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