| 180 Famous Quotes by Thomas Carlyle
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“Biography is the only true history”
Biography Quotes |
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“I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.”
Boredom Quotes |
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“The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers”
Brotherhood Quotes |
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“Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.”
Conviction Quotes |
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“Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feeling and our manners, and rules us with the imperious hand of a despot”
Custom Quotes |
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“Endurance is patience concentrated.”
Endurance Quotes |
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“The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong”
Obstacles Quotes |
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“Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities of foolish talk”
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“That a parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an entity which by its very nature cannot do work, but can do talk only”
Parliament Quotes |
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“Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak”
Persistence Quotes |
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“Ridicule is the language of the devil”
Ridicule Quotes |
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“Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive”
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“Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come”
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“What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when love, worship, and all that lies in the human heart, is there to encourage it”
Traditions Quotes |
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“Wonder is the basis of worship”
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“Speech is silvern, silence is golden.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: A Swiss Inscription, quoted in "Sartor Resartus", bk. III, ch. III
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“Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: A Swiss Inscription, quoted in "Sartor Resartus", bk. III, ch. III
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“Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: A Swiss Inscription, quoted in "Sartor Resartus", bk. III, ch. III
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“Do not expect good from another's death.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: A Swiss Inscription, quoted in "Sartor Resartus", bk. III, ch. III
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“Don't promise twice what you can do at once.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: A Swiss Inscription, quoted in "Sartor Resartus", bk. III, ch. III
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“In doing nothing men learn to do evil.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: A Swiss Inscription, quoted in "Sartor Resartus", bk. III, ch. III
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“Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus
art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he
is catching you.]”
Proverbs Quotes Source: A Swiss Inscription, quoted in "Sartor Resartus", bk. III, ch. III
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“We see not our own backs.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: A Swiss Inscription, quoted in "Sartor Resartus", bk. III, ch. III
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“Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: A Swiss Inscription, quoted in "Sartor Resartus", bk. III, ch. III
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“Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can
stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.”
Adversity Quotes Source: Heroes and Hero Worship (lecture 5)
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Thomas Carlyle Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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