Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Topics: Humor Quotes

Foolish men imagine that because judgement for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

Foolish men imagine that because judgement for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation...

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation...

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better....

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better....

Manners are stronger than laws

Manners are stronger than laws

Worship is transcendent wonder.

Worship is transcendent wonder.

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing...

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing...

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not...

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not...

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

Society is founded upon cloth.

Society is founded upon cloth.

History is the essence of innumerable biographies

History is the essence of innumerable biographies

Endurance is patience concentrated.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

Wonder is the basis of worship

Wonder is the basis of worship

Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on...

Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on...

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults...

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults...

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

That there should one man die ignorant who had capacity for knowledge, this I call...

That there should one man die ignorant who had capacity for knowledge, this I call...

Work alone is noble.

Work alone is noble.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is...

I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is...