Biography is the only true history

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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As a first approximation, I define belief not as the object of believing (a dogma,...

As a first approximation, I define belief not as the object of believing (a dogma,...

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this...

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this...

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the...

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the...

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their...

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their...

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind...

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind...

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it,...

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it,...

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

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.

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

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...

Love is not altogether a , yet it has many points in common therewith

Love is not altogether a , yet it has many points in common therewith

Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable...

Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable...

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to...

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to...

In the landscape of time, there are few locations less comfortable than that of one...

In the landscape of time, there are few locations less comfortable than that of one...

Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from...

Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from...