Maxioms by Thomas Carlyle
Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.
Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.
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.
No good Book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at
first.
No good Book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at
first.
History, as it lies at the root of all science, is also the first
distinct product of man's spiritual read more
History, as it lies at the root of all science, is also the first
distinct product of man's spiritual nature; his earliest
expression of what can be called Thought.
Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.
Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.
