Laissez-faire, Supply-and-demand, - one begins to be weary of all that. Leave all to egoism, to ravenous greed of money, of pleasure, of applause: it is the Gospel of Despair!.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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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

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age...

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age...

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes...

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes...

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

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...

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.

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...

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

Ridicule is the language of the devil

Ridicule is the language of the devil

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you...

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you...

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or...

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or...

The great law of culture is: Let each become all that he was capable of...

The great law of culture is: Let each become all that he was capable of...

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited...

Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited...

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always...

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always...

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.

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is...

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is...