Quote by Thomas Carlyle
A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reaso

A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason. – Thomas Carlyle

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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world. – Thomas Carlyle

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Mens hearts ought not to be set against one another, but set with one another, and all against evil only. – Thomas Carlyle

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Men are blind in their own cause. – Heywood Broun

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The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force but of dedication, of moral persuasion. – Steve Biko

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As if reasoning were any kind of writing or talking which tends to convince people that some doctrine or measure is true and right. – Catharine Esther Beecher

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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason. – Thomas Aquinas

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