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Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air!
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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A heavenly awe overshadowed and encompassed, as it still ought, and must, all earthly business whatsoever.
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Little other than a red tape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence.
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To be true is manly, chivalrous, Christian to be false is mean, cowardly, devilish.
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What, in the devil's name, is the use of respectability, with never so many gigs and silver spoons, if thou inwardly art the pitifulness of all men?
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Know what thou canst work at, and work at it like a Hercules.
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The beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even with armed eyesight, till they become transparent.
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