Quote by Thomas Carlyle
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than d

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. – Thomas Carlyle

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In the true Literary Man there is thus ever, acknowledged or not by the world, a sacredness: he is the light of the world; the worlds Priest; — guiding it, like a sacred Pillar of Fire, in its dark pilgrimage through the waste of Time. – Thomas Carlyle

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Literary
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No person was every rightly understood until they had been first regarded with a certain feeling, not of tolerance, but of sympathy. – Thomas Carlyle

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Understanding
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If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else. – Thomas Carlyle

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Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste. – Benjamin Franklin

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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge. – Benjamin Disraeli

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