Quote by Thomas Carlyle
There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write. – Thomas Carlyle

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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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High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments. – Christopher Hitchens

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It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. – Charles Dickens

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