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Act Quotes by Thomas Carlyle
- The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
- But the whim we have of happiness is somewhat thus. By certain valuations, and averages, of our own striking, we come upon some sort of…
- 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…
- Dinners are defined as 'the ultimate act of communion;' men that can have communion in nothing else, can sympathetically eat together, can still rise into…
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- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
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