Action hangs, as it were, dissolved in speech, in thoughts whereof spe…

Thomas Carlyle
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Action hangs, as it were, dissolved in speech, in thoughts whereof speech is the shadow; and precipitates itself therefrom. The kind of speech in a man betokens the kind of action you will get from him. ✨ Thomas Carlyle (1843). Past and Present, p.90
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Action hangs, as it were, dissolved in speech, in thoughts whereof speech is the shadow; and precipitates itself therefrom. The kind of speech in a man betokens the kind of action you will get from him. ✨ Thomas Carlyle (1843). Past and Present, p.90

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