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Thomas Carlyle: Imperfections cling to a man, which, if he wait till he have brushed off…

Imperfections cling to a man, which, if he wait till he have brushed off entirely, he will spin for ever on his axis, advancing nowhither.

In today’s wordsImperfections cling to us, and if we wait until we've brushed them all off, we'll spin forever on our axis, getting nowhere.

Thomas CarlyleCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

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