Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle: I have seen...

Thomas Carlyle: I have seen...

I have seen gleams in the face and eyes of the man that have let you look into a higher...

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Thomas Carlyle: In a controversy...

Thomas Carlyle: In a controversy...

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for...

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Thomas Carlyle: I call the...

Thomas Carlyle: I call the...

I call the book of Job, apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with the...

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Thomas Carlyle: Make yourself an...

Thomas Carlyle: Make yourself an...

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the...

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Thomas Carlyle: Heroism is the...

Thomas Carlyle: Heroism is the...

Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men.

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Thomas Carlyle: I lead a...

Thomas Carlyle: I lead a...

I lead a most dyspeptic, solitary, self-shrouded life: consuming, if possible in silence, my considerable daily...

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Thomas Carlyle: Instead of saying...

Thomas Carlyle: Instead of saying...

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the...

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Thomas Carlyle: I grow daily...

Thomas Carlyle: I grow daily...

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing --a...

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Thomas Carlyle: Men are to...

Thomas Carlyle: Men are to...

Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing of these; and, except a keen...

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Thomas Carlyle: I don't pretend...

Thomas Carlyle: I don't pretend...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe- it's a great deal bigger than I am . . . People ought to be...

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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: Isolation is the...

Thomas Carlyle: Isolation is the...

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Thomas Carlyle: If a book...

Thomas Carlyle: If a book...

If a book comes from the heart it will contrive to reach other hearts. All art and author craft are of small account...

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Thomas Carlyle: Men do less...

Thomas Carlyle: Men do less...

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.

Source: In Webster's...

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Thomas Carlyle: If Jesus Christ...

Thomas Carlyle: If Jesus Christ...

If Jesus Christ were to come to-day, people wouldn't even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he...

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Thomas Carlyle: If time is...

Thomas Carlyle: If time is...

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to be read at...

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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: If an eloquent...

Thomas Carlyle: If an eloquent...

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in...

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Thomas Carlyle: Narrative is linear,...

Thomas Carlyle: Narrative is linear,...

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.

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Thomas Carlyle: If a man...

Thomas Carlyle: If a man...

If a man was great while living, he becomes tenfold greater when dead.

Source: In...

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