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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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No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. – Thomas Carlyle

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If those gentlemen would let me alone I should be much obliged to them. I would say, as Shakespeare would say… Sweet Friend, for Jesus sake forbear. – Thomas Carlyle

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Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you. – William Blake

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Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant. – Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we cant tolerate. – William James

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

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