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No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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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Evil and good are everywhere, like shadow and substance inseparable (for men) yet not hostile, only opposed.
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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!
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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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Friendship, in the old heroic sense of that term, no longer exists. It is in reality no longer expected or recognized as a virtue among men.
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