Quote by Thomas Carlyle
To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. – 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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Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will. – Thomas Carlyle

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This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it. – Thomas Carlyle

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