Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle: Genius . ....

Thomas Carlyle: Genius . ....

Genius . . . means transcendent capacity of taking trouble.

Source: 'Life of...

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Thomas Carlyle: He has no...

Thomas Carlyle: He has no...

He has no resolution, he shrinks from pain or labour in any of its shapes. His very attitude bespeaks this: he never...

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Thomas Carlyle: Even in the...

Thomas Carlyle: Even in the...

Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he...

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Thomas Carlyle: History is the...

Thomas Carlyle: History is the...

History is the essence of innumerable biographies.

Source: Critical and...

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Thomas Carlyle: For all right...

Thomas Carlyle: For all right...

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing...

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Thomas Carlyle: Good breeding. ....

Thomas Carlyle: Good breeding. ....

Good breeding. . . differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather...

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Thomas Carlyle: If those gentlemen...

Thomas Carlyle: If those gentlemen...

If those gentlemen would let me alone I should be much obliged to them. I would say, as Shakespeare would say......

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Thomas Carlyle: Every new opinion,...

Thomas Carlyle: Every new opinion,...

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

Source:...

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Thomas Carlyle: If the cut...

Thomas Carlyle: If the cut...

If the cut of the costume indicates intellect and talent, then the color indicates temper and...

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Thomas Carlyle: For suffering and...

Thomas Carlyle: For suffering and...

For suffering and enduring there is no remedy, but striving and doing.

Source: In...

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Thomas Carlyle: He that can...

Thomas Carlyle: He that can...

He that can work is born to be king of something.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Thomas Carlyle: If you do...

Thomas Carlyle: If you do...

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more...

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Thomas Carlyle: For, if a...

Thomas Carlyle: For, if a...

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that. . . is...

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Thomas Carlyle: Imperfection clings to...

Thomas Carlyle: Imperfection clings to...

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on...

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Thomas Carlyle: Great men are...

Thomas Carlyle: Great men are...

Great men are commissioned guides of mankind, who rule their fellows because they are...

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Thomas Carlyle: History shows that...

Thomas Carlyle: History shows that...

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in...

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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: Humor is the...

Thomas Carlyle: Humor is the...

Humor is the finest perfection of poetic genius.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Thomas Carlyle: Little other than...

Thomas Carlyle: Little other than...

Little other than a redtape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence.

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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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