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A force as of madness in the hands of reason has done all that was ever done in the world.
Thomas Carlyle
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Thomas Carlyle
Age: 85 †
Born: 1795
Born: December 4
Died: 1881
Died: February 5
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War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle therefore they take boys from one village and another village, stick them into uniforms, equip them with guns, and let them loose like wild beasts against one other.
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The thing is not only to avoid error, but to attain immense masses of truth.
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Parliament will train you to talk and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities of foolish talk.
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Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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Endurance is patience concentrated.
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