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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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Thomas Carlyle
Age: 85 †
Born: 1795
Born: December 4
Died: 1881
Died: February 5
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Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.
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