Quotes about Thomas Carlyle

Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an...

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Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this...

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Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less...

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Love is not altogether a delirium, yet it has many points in common therewith.

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Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

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

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Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which...

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

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Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It...

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

#Thomas Carlyle