Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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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.

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...

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

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

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...

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to...

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to...

Ridicule is the language of the devil

Ridicule is the language of the devil

What we might call, by way of eminence, the Dismal Science

What we might call, by way of eminence, the Dismal Science

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

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

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

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which...

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which...

Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing...

Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing...

Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.

Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.

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...

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...

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...

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

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

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about...

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...