Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

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...

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,...

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.

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief...

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief...

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Be not a slave of words.

Be not a slave of words.

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

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

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...

He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of...

He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of...

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows,...

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows,...

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...

That a parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an...

That a parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an...

We ourselves of the present age, chose our common law, and consented to the most...

We ourselves of the present age, chose our common law, and consented to the most...

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...