The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Topics: Life Quotes, Sad Quotes

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...

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books

Sarcasm is the language of the devil, for which reason I have long since as...

Sarcasm is the language of the devil, for which reason I have long since as...

In books lies the soul of the whole past time.

In books lies the soul of the whole past time.

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.

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.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Foolish men imagine that because judgement for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

Foolish men imagine that because judgement for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to...

The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became...

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

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...

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

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

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

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...

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

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

The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious.

The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious.