"Reform is not pleasant, but grievous no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.“

-Thomas Carlyle

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Thomas Carlyle quote about work: "Reform is not pleasant, but grievous no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work..."

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