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Thomas Carlyle: A terrible, beetle-browed,...

Thomas Carlyle: A terrible, beetle-browed,...

A terrible, beetle-browed, mastiff-mouthed, yellow-skinned, broad-bottomed, grim-taciturn individual; with a pair of...

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Thomas Carlyle: Everywhere in life...

Thomas Carlyle: Everywhere in life...

Everywhere in life the true question is, not what we have gained, but what we do.

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Thomas Carlyle: By nature man...

Thomas Carlyle: By nature man...

By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his...

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Thomas Carlyle: History is the...

Thomas Carlyle: History is the...

History is the distillation of rumor.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Thomas Carlyle: Imagination is a...

Thomas Carlyle: Imagination is a...

Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

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Thomas Carlyle: Happy the people...

Thomas Carlyle: Happy the people...

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books!

Source: Frederick the...

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Thomas Carlyle: I never heard...

Thomas Carlyle: I never heard...

I never heard tell of any clever man that came of entirely stupid people.

Source:...

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Thomas Carlyle: It is not...

Thomas Carlyle: It is not...

It is not a lucky word, this name impossible; no good comes of those who have it so often in their...

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Thomas Carlyle: Just in ratio...

Thomas Carlyle: Just in ratio...

Just in ratio as knowledge increases, faith diminishes.

Source: In Webster's...

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Thomas Carlyle: No age seemed...

Thomas Carlyle: No age seemed...

No age seemed the age of romance to itself.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Thomas Carlyle: Speech is of...

Thomas Carlyle: Speech is of...

Speech is of time, silence is of eternity.

Source: 'Sartor Resartus'
-- Thomas...

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Thomas Carlyle: The age of...

Thomas Carlyle: The age of...

The age of miracles is forever here!

Source: 'The Hero as Priest' [But see...

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Thomas Carlyle: The old cathedrals...

Thomas Carlyle: The old cathedrals...

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.

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Thomas Carlyle: The tragedy of...

Thomas Carlyle: The tragedy of...

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.

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Thomas Carlyle: The Persians are...

Thomas Carlyle: The Persians are...

The Persians are called the French of the East; we will call the Arabs Oriental Italians. A gifted noble people; a...

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Thomas Carlyle: The hell of...

Thomas Carlyle: The hell of...

The hell of these days is the fear of not getting along, especially of not making money.

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Thomas Carlyle: The true University...

Thomas Carlyle: The true University...

The true University of these days is a collection of books.

Source: Heroes and...

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Thomas Carlyle: The history of...

Thomas Carlyle: The history of...

The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

Source: 'Heroes and...

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Thomas Carlyle: The cut of...

Thomas Carlyle: The cut of...

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and...

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Thomas Carlyle: To a shower...

Thomas Carlyle: To a shower...

To a shower of gold most things are penetrable.

Source: History of the French...

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