Quote by Thomas Carlyle
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world. - Thomas Carlyle

Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world. – Thomas Carlyle

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The first duty of man is to conquer fear he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then. – Thomas Carlyle

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No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. – Thomas Carlyle

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Whatever is popular deserves attention. – James Mackintosh

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I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know. – Epicurus

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The one who pleased everybody died before they were born. – Proverb

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Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them. – Immanuel Kant

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