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Thomas Carlyle
The tragedy of...
The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.
The Persians are...
The Persians are called the French of the East; we will call the Arabs Oriental Italians. A gifted noble people; a...
The greatest event...
The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person.
Source:...
The true past...
The true past departs not, no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die; but all is still here, and,...
The hell of...
The hell of these days is the fear of not getting along, especially of not making money.
The true University...
The true University of these days is a collection of books.
Source: Heroes and...
The archenemy is...
The archenemy is the arch stupid!
Source: In
The history of...
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Source: 'Heroes and...
There are but...
There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying...
The past is...
The past is all holy to us; the dead are all holy; even they that were wicked when alive.
The whole past...
The whole past is the procession of the present.
Source: In
The barrenest of...
The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.
Source:
-- Thomas Carlyle,...
The king is...
The king is the man who can.
Source: In
There they are...
There they are cutting each other's throats, because one half of them prefer hiring their servants for life, and the...
The person who...
The person who cannot laugh is not only ready for treason, and deceptions, their whole life is already a treason and...
The world is...
The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.
Source: Letter, 13 May...
The battle that...
The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against unbelief.
Source: In
The man without...
The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder -- waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and,...
They raise their...
They raise their minds by brooding over and embellishing their sufferings, from one degree of fervid exaltation and...
The seagreen Incorruptible....
The seagreen Incorruptible.
Source: Referring to Robespierre. History of the French...