Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

The purpose of man is in action, not thought.

The purpose of man is in action, not thought.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

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 spiritual is the parent of the practical.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

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...

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.

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better,...

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better,...

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if...

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if...

Wonder is the basis of worship

Wonder is the basis of worship

Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to...

Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to...

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

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...

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.

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing...

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing...

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get...

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get...

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.