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Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History Quotes: Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.
         

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.


Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History
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