I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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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...

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less...

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less...

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...

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

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

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

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

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom...

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom...

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...

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if...

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if...

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.

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...

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,...

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its...

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its...

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography...

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography...

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of...

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of...

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap