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What gained we, little moth? Thy ashes,
Thy one brief parting pang may show:
And withering thoughts read more

What gained we, little moth? Thy ashes,
Thy one brief parting pang may show:
And withering thoughts for soul that dashes,
From deep to deep, are but a death more slow.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Moths Quotes,
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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: General Sayings,
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What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of read more

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Education Quotes,
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"A fair day's wage for a fair day's work": it is as just a demand as governed men ever made read more

"A fair day's wage for a fair day's work": it is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing. It is the everlasting right of man.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Wage Quotes,
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A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.

A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Journalism Quotes,
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