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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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I grow daily to honour 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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God
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No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors. – Thomas Carlyle

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Victory
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All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls! – Thomas Carlyle

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Music
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Examine what is said, not him who speaks. – Arabic Proverb

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Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Sincerity is the luxury allowed, like diadems and authority, only to the highest rank. Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually? – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. – Ronald Reagan

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It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot. – Joseph Brodsky

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Ive come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, its a Greek tragedy. – Billy Joel

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We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. – George Orwell

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