The world is an old woman, and mistakes any gilt farthing for a gold coin; whereby being often cheated, she will thenceforth trust nothing but the common copper

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Topics: Cheating Quotes, World Quotes

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that...

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that...

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.

The outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

The outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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...

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...

Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing...

Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing...

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

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

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

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...

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

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...

We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast...

We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast...

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.

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is...

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is...

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

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...

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.