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Success in life, in anything, depends upon the number of persons that one can make himself agreeable to.
Thomas Carlyle
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Thomas Carlyle
Age: 85 †
Born: 1795
Born: December 4
Died: 1881
Died: February 5
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He that has a secret should not only hide it, but hide that he has it to hide.
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Little other than a red tape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence.
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