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Character Quotes by Thomas Carlyle
- Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
- No sooner does a great man depart, and leave his character as public property, than a crowd of little men rushes towards it. There they…
- Oblivion is the dark page, whereon Memory writes her light-beam characters, and makes them legible; were it all light, nothing could be read there, any…
- We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own time; and by knowledge of its wants and advantages, wisely adjust our…
- Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.…
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