Quote by Thomas Carlyle
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves to

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together. – Thomas Carlyle

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The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better. – Thomas Carlyle

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Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against. – Thomas Carlyle

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