Thomas Carlyle ( 10 of 167 )
Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive
Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive
Respectable Professors of the Dismal Science.
Respectable Professors of the Dismal Science.
All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.
All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.
Clever men are good, but they are not the best.
Clever men are good, but they are not the best.
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.
All comes out even at the end of the day.
All comes out even at the end of the day.
Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a
probability of such: it is an read more
Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a
probability of such: it is an accident, not a property of a man.
Of a truth, men are mystically united: a mystic bond of
brotherhood makes all men one.
Of a truth, men are mystically united: a mystic bond of
brotherhood makes all men one.
This Mirabeau's work, then is done. He sleeps with the primeval
giants. He has gone over to the majority: read more
This Mirabeau's work, then is done. He sleeps with the primeval
giants. He has gone over to the majority: "Abiit ad plures."
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with
new.
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with
new.
