Thomas Carlyle ( 10 of 167 )
Day of wrath that day of burning,
Seer and Sibyl speak concerning,
All the world to ashes read more
Day of wrath that day of burning,
Seer and Sibyl speak concerning,
All the world to ashes turning.
[Lat., Dies irae, dies illa!
Solvet saeclum in favilla,
Teste David cum Sybilla.]
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man read more
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels; one warehouses, another villas; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks until the architect can make them something else.
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; read more
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.
Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the
Reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate read more
Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the
Reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate more
important far than they all.
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.
How much lies in Laughter: the cipher-key, wherewith we decipher
the whole man.
How much lies in Laughter: the cipher-key, wherewith we decipher
the whole man.
Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny.
Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny.
To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open read more
To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes.
Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and
deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve read more
Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and
deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve
rebelling against.
In the end, everything is a gag.
In the end, everything is a gag.
