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Books are a triviality. Life alone is great.
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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Of our thinking it is but the upper surface that we shape into articulate thought underneath the region of argument and conscious discourse lies the region of meditation.
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One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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Unity, agreement, is always silent or soft-voiced it is only discord that loudly proclaims itself.
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