Thomas Carlyle

I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will
forgive me: that's his.
[Fr., read more

I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will
forgive me: that's his.
[Fr., Moi, je serai autocrate: c'est mon metier. Et le bon Dieu
me pardonnnera: c'est son metier.]

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can
stand prosperity, there are a hundred read more

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can
stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

Violence does even justice unjustly.

Violence does even justice unjustly.

Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.

Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.

In doing nothing men learn to do evil.

In doing nothing men learn to do evil.