Thomas Carlyle

Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.

Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.

High Air-castles are cunningly built of Words, the Words well
bedded also in good Logic-mortar; wherein, however, no Knowledge read more

High Air-castles are cunningly built of Words, the Words well
bedded also in good Logic-mortar; wherein, however, no Knowledge
will come to lodge.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Wonder is the basis of worship

Wonder is the basis of worship

We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to
that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however read more

We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to
that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however we
can find nowhere in his works, that "ridicule is the test of
truth."