Thomas Carlyle ( 10 of 167 )
All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.
All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance--the cheerful man will do more in the same time, read more
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance--the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it ;better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument
than why I have one.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument
than why I have one.
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.
So here hath been dawning
Another blue day;
Think, wilt thou let it
Slip read more
So here hath been dawning
Another blue day;
Think, wilt thou let it
Slip useless away?
Out of eternity
This new day is born,
Into eternity
At night will return.
Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's
judgment.
Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's
judgment.
It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my
hand alters the centre of gravity read more
It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my
hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe.
Scarcely two hundred years back can Fame recollect articulately
at all; and there she but maunders and mumbles.
Scarcely two hundred years back can Fame recollect articulately
at all; and there she but maunders and mumbles.
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 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.
