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The world is an old woman, and mistakes any gilt farthing for a gold coin whereby being often cheated, she will thenceforth trust nothing but the common copper.

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Thomas Carlyle
Age: 85 †
Born: 1795
Born: December 4
Died: 1881
Died: February 5
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Nothing
Coins
World
Mistakes
Thenceforth
Gold
Farthing
Trust
Gilt
Mistake
Copper
Common
Whereby
Woman
Coin
Often
Cheated

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