A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast...

We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast...

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.

Sarcasm is the language of the devil, for which reason I have long since as...

Sarcasm is the language of the devil, for which reason I have long since as...

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of...

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of...

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to...

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to...

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made...

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made...

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It...

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to...

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to...

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is...

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is...