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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one. - Thoma

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one. – Thomas Carlyle

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To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. – Thomas Carlyle

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Men
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Thomas Carlyle
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The first purpose of clothes… was not warmth or decency, but ornament…. Among wild people, we find tattooing and painting even prior to clothes. The first spiritual want of a barbarous man is decoration; as indeed we still see among the barbarous classes in civilized countries. – Thomas Carlyle

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Clothing
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Thomas Carlyle
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If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can preserve my memory. – Agesilaus II

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Legacy

Biography should be written by an acute enemy. – Arthur Balfour

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Legacy

Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived. – Anon.

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Biography is one of the new terrors of death. – John Arbuthnot

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You can do more good by being good than any other way. – John Wooden

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I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable. – Todd Barry

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