Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle: But the whim...

Thomas Carlyle: But the whim...

But the whim we have of happiness is somewhat thus. By certain valuations, and averages, of our own striking, we come...

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Thomas Carlyle: Conclusive facts are...

Thomas Carlyle: Conclusive facts are...

Conclusive facts are inseparable from inconclusive except by a head that already understands and...

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Thomas Carlyle: Conviction never so...

Thomas Carlyle: Conviction never so...

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

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Thomas Carlyle: All men, if...

Thomas Carlyle: All men, if...

All men, if they work not as in the great taskmaster's eye, will work wrong, and work unhappily for themselves and for...

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Thomas Carlyle: Every noble crown...

Thomas Carlyle: Every noble crown...

Every noble crown is, and on earth will forever be, a crown of thorns.

Source: Past...

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Thomas Carlyle: Close thy Byron;...

Thomas Carlyle: Close thy Byron;...

Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe.

Source: Sartor Resartus, Bk ii. Ch. 9
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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: Democracy will prevail...

Thomas Carlyle: Democracy will prevail...

Democracy will prevail when men believe the vote of Judas as good as that of Jesus Christ.

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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: Fame, we may...

Thomas Carlyle: Fame, we may...

Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such; it is an accident, not a property...

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Thomas Carlyle: Culture is the...

Thomas Carlyle: Culture is the...

Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of...

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Thomas Carlyle: Figure him there,...

Thomas Carlyle: Figure him there,...

Figure him there, with his scrofulous diseases, with his great greedy heart, and unspeakable chaos of thoughts;...

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Thomas Carlyle: Do the duty...

Thomas Carlyle: Do the duty...

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

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Thomas Carlyle: France was long...

Thomas Carlyle: France was long...

France was long a despotism tempered by epigrams.

Source: History of the French...

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Thomas Carlyle: Fancy that thou...

Thomas Carlyle: Fancy that thou...

Fancy that thou deservest to be hanged. . . thou wilt feel it happiness to be only shot: fancy that thou deservest to...

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Thomas Carlyle: For man is...

Thomas Carlyle: For man is...

For man is not the creature and product of Mechanism; but, in a far truer sense, its creator and...

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Thomas Carlyle: For the 'superior...

Thomas Carlyle: For the 'superior...

For the 'superior morality,' of which we hear so much, we too would desire to be thankful: at the same time, it were...

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Thomas Carlyle: Doubt, of whatever...

Thomas Carlyle: Doubt, of whatever...

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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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: Foolish men imagine...

Thomas Carlyle: Foolish men imagine...

Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here...

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