Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a...

A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a...

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn...

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn...

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,...

Silence is more eloquent than words

Silence is more eloquent than words

Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable...

Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable...

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom...

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom...

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...

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

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...

It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.

It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.

The man who cannot laugh is not only fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; but...

The man who cannot laugh is not only fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; but...

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

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

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

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to...

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to...