Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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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...

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.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that...

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that...

Teach a parrot the terms supply and demand and you've got an economist.

Teach a parrot the terms supply and demand and you've got an economist.

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school fees are heavy

Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school fees are heavy

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

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

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

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

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

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is...

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is...

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they...

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they...

In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.

In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.

History, a distillation of rumour.

History, a distillation of rumour.

In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and...

In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and...

History repeats itself

History repeats itself