Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of...

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of...

Biography is the only true history

Biography is the only true history

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...

Debt is a bottomless sea.

Debt is a bottomless sea.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of...

The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of...

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

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...

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the...

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the...

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of...

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of...

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.

Wonder is the basis of worship.

Wonder is the basis of worship.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at...

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at...

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

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

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

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.