Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we…

Thomas Carlyle
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Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do. ✨ Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Swasey McKean, Charles Stearns Wheeler (1838). Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, p.167
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Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do. ✨ Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Swasey McKean, Charles Stearns Wheeler (1838). Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, p.167

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