Thomas Carlyle

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

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

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling read more

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against.

Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.

Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.

Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.