The glory of a workman, still more of a master-workman, that he does his work well, ought to be his most precious possession; like the honor of a soldier, dearer to him than life

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.

Wonder is the basis of worship

Wonder is the basis of worship

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man...

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man...

I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is...

I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is...

All great peoples are conservative.

All great peoples are conservative.

Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men,...

Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men,...

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man...

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man...

In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.

In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.

Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other...

Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other...

Manners are stronger than laws

Manners are stronger than laws

History, a distillation of rumour.

History, a distillation of rumour.

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.

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 as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time.

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

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

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

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical...

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical...

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is...

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is...

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...