What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

Work alone is noble.

Work alone is noble.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers

The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its...

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its...

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

Wonderful ''Force of Public Opinion!'' We must act and walk in all points as it...

Wonderful ''Force of Public Opinion!'' We must act and walk in all points as it...

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

Be not a slave of words.

Be not a slave of words.

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

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

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

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

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography...

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography...

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all...

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all...

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it,...

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it,...

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

That there should one man die ignorant who had capacity for knowledge, this I call...

That there should one man die ignorant who had capacity for knowledge, this I call...

The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had...

The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had...

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then thered be peace.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then thered be peace.

We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in...

We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in...