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Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
Thomas Carlyle
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Thomas Carlyle
Age: 85 †
Born: 1795
Born: December 4
Died: 1881
Died: February 5
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Philosopher of Chelsea
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The thing is not only to avoid error, but to attain immense masses of truth.
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Our works are the mirror wherein the spirit first sees its natural lineaments. Hence, too, the folly of that impossible precept, Know theyself till it be translated into this partially possible one, know what thou canst work at.
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It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him.
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The greatest fault is to be conscious of none.
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