Quote by Thomas Carlyle
A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the sad

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortunes inequality exhibits under this sun. – Thomas Carlyle

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I dont pretend to understand the Universe – its a great deal bigger than I am. – 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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It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five. – Thomas Carlyle

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Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence. – Laurence J. Peter

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Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments. – John Steinbeck

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Third, we will make trade work for America by forging new trade agreements. And when nations cheat in trade, there will be unmistakable consequences. – Mitt Romney

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I think life is full of challenges and problems. I dont believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. Its not a bed of roses, and you have to work real hard at it. – Nigel Mansell

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To the teacher weighed down with paperwork, I say: youve been messed around too often. You came into teaching to spend your time teaching children not filling in forms. – William Hague

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I still work out on a daily basis. – Clint Eastwood

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By natures kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a mans power to answer do not occur to him at all. – George Santayana

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I have snakes, three sharks, moray eels, piranhas, five scorpions and a bird spider. All of them are predators. They are dangerous but its cool to have strong and powerful pets. – Tracy Morgan

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