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Work earnestly at anything, you will by degrees learn to work at all things.
Thomas Carlyle
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Thomas Carlyle
Age: 85 †
Born: 1795
Born: December 4
Died: 1881
Died: February 5
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Wonderful Force of Public Opinion! We must act and walk in all points as it prescribes follow the traffic it bids us, realize the sum of money, the degree of influence it expects of us, or we shall be lightly esteemed certain mouthfuls of articulate wind will be blown at us, and this what mortal courage can front?
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A thought once awakened does not again slumber.
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Misery which, through long ages, had no spokesman, no helper, will now be its own helper and speak for itself.
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The archenemy is the arch stupid!
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Blessed be the God's voice for it is true, and falsehoods have to cease before it!
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Professors of the Dismal Science, I perceive the length of your tether is now pretty well run and I must request you to talk a little lower in the future.
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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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