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The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall. - Thomas Carlyl

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall. – Thomas Carlyle

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To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes. – Thomas Carlyle

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God
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Thomas Carlyle
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Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere. – Thomas Carlyle

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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract it is merely a compact between men. – Epicurus

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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. – James Thurber

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Men were made for war. Without it they wandered greyly about, getting under the feet of the women, who were trying to organize the really important things of life. – Alice Thomas Ellis

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I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Mens rights are nothing more. Womens rights are nothing less. – Susan B. Anthony

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