Quote by Thomas Carlyle
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flow

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. – Thomas Carlyle

Other quotes by Thomas Carlyle

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze. – Thomas Carlyle

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Silence
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History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion. – Thomas Carlyle

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great
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There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment. – Orison Swett Marden

One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay “in kind” somewhere else in life. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom. – Author Unknown

Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls. – David Thomas

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It is only with burning anger that we can speak of this attack by counter-revolutionary reactionary elements against the capital of our country, against our peoples democratic order and the power of the working class. – Janos Kadar

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