Ridicule is the language of the devil

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.

The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong.

Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong.

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.

A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in...

A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in...

Wonder is the basis of worship.

Wonder is the basis of worship.

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard...

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard...

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

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

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

Manners are stronger than laws

Manners are stronger than laws

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...

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight...

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight...

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people...

Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people...

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...

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything...

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything...

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A...

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A...

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred...

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred...