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He that can work is born to be king of something. - Thomas Carlyle

He that can work is born to be king of something. – Thomas Carlyle

Other quotes by Thomas Carlyle

No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors. – Thomas Carlyle

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Victory
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Thomas Carlyle
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When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of mans soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances. – Thomas Carlyle

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Technology
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All men, if they work not as in the great taskmasters eye, will work wrong, and work unhappily for themselves and for you. – Thomas Carlyle

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Responsibility
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Other Quotes from
Royalty, Kings, Queens
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A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate. – James Fenimore Cooper

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Royalty, Kings, Queens

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Royalty, Kings, Queens

Im glad weve been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face. – Queens Mother Elizabeth

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Royalty, Kings, Queens

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Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. – Clare Boothe Luce

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The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds. – Frederick William Robertson

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I would like to see more airplay for all artists, no matter what age. I think theres a lot of money being spent toward the young guys, but a lot of the older guys are the ones who blazed the trail for those young guys. – Willie Nelson

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