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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
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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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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Perfection
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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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Unity
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Thomas Carlyle
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Of all the men that have run for president in the twentieth century, only George McGovern truly understood what a monument America could be to the human race. – Hunter S. Thompson

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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Most people know no other way of judging mens worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby. – Natalie Wood

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