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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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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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In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom we have to say, Like People like Government. – Thomas Carlyle

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A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads. – Thomas Carlyle

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