Thomas Carlyle ( 10 of 167 )
Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school-fees are
heavy.
Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school-fees are
heavy.
All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.
All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.
All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.
All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.
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.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
Thought once awakened does not again slumber.
Thought once awakened does not again slumber.
Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.
Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.
No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than
himself, dwells in the breast of man. It read more
No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than
himself, dwells in the breast of man. It is to this hour, and at
all hours, the vivifying influence in man's life.
Silence is more eloquent than words.
Silence is more eloquent than words.
Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the
world, being the persuader of it?
Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the
world, being the persuader of it?
