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Thomas Carlyle Quotes

I don’t pretend to understand the Universe - it’s a great deal bigger than I am... People ought to be modester Picture Quote #1

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come Picture Quote #1

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all Picture Quote #1

Man’s unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite Picture Quote #1

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO Picture Quote #1

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the delight of life, which they are thenceforth to rule Picture Quote #1

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Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist Picture Quote #1

We have chosen Mahomet not as the most eminent Prophet; but as the one we are freest to speak of. He is by no means the truest of Prophets; but I do esteem him a true one Picture Quote #1

Man makes circumstances, and spiritually as well as economically, is the artificer of his own fortune Picture Quote #1

The beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even with armed eyesight, till they become transparent Picture Quote #1

The hell of these days is the fear of not getting along, especially of not making money Picture Quote #1

For every one hundred men who can stand adversity there is only one who can withstand prosperity Picture Quote #1

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He who cannot withal keep his mind to himself cannot practice any considerable thing whatsoever Picture Quote #1

How shall he give kindling in whose own inward man there is no live coal, but all is burnt out to a dead grammatical cinder Picture Quote #1

Poetry is the attempt which man makes to render his existence harmonious Picture Quote #1

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere Picture Quote #1

The leafy blossoming present time springs from the whole past, remembered and unrememberable Picture Quote #1

The English are a dumb people. They can do great acts, but not describe them Picture Quote #1

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All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls! Picture Quote #1

If those gentlemen would let me alone I should be much obliged to them. I would say, as Shakespeare would say... Sweet Friend, for Jesus sake forbear Picture Quote #1

Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy! Picture Quote #1

We call it a Society; and go about professing openly the totalest separation, isolation. Our life is not a mutual helpfulness; but rather, cloaked under due laws-of-war, named fair competition and so forth, it is a mutual hostility Picture Quote #1

What are your historical Facts still more your biographical Wilt thou know a man by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts Picture Quote #1

Wonderful Force of Public Opinion! We must act and walk in all points as it prescribes; follow the traffic it bids us, realize the sum of money, the degree of influence it expects of us, or we shall be lightly esteemed; certain mouthfuls of articulate wind will be blown at us, and this what mortal courage can front? Picture Quote #1

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O Time! Time! How it brings forth and devours! And the roaring flood of existence rushes on forever similar, forever changing! Picture Quote #1

Without oblivion, there is no remembrance possible. When both oblivion and memory are wise, when the general soul of man is clear, melodious, true, there may come a modern Iliad as memorial of the Past Picture Quote #1

Silence, the great Empire of Silence: higher than all stars; deeper than the Kingdom of Death! It alone is great; all else is small Picture Quote #1

So here hath been dawning Another blue day; think, wilt thou let it Slip useless away? Out of eternity This new day is born, into eternity At night will return Picture Quote #1

If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it Picture Quote #1

A greater number of God’s creatures believe in Mahomet’s word at this hour than in any other word whatever. Are we to suppose that it was a miserable piece of spiritual legerdemain, this which so many creatures of the almighty have lived by and died by? Picture Quote #1

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I don’t pretend to understand the Universe - it’s a great deal bigger than I am... People ought to be modester (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) Man’s unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the delight of life, which they are thenceforth to rule (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) We have chosen Mahomet not as the most eminent Prophet; but as the one we are freest to speak of. He is by no means the truest of Prophets; but I do esteem him a true one (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) Man makes circumstances, and spiritually as well as economically, is the artificer of his own fortune (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) The beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even with armed eyesight, till they become transparent (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) The hell of these days is the fear of not getting along, especially of not making money (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) For every one hundred men who can stand adversity there is only one who can withstand prosperity (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) He who cannot withal keep his mind to himself cannot practice any considerable thing whatsoever (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) How shall he give kindling in whose own inward man there is no live coal, but all is burnt out to a dead grammatical cinder (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) Poetry is the attempt which man makes to render his existence harmonious (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) The leafy blossoming present time springs from the whole past, remembered and unrememberable (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) The English are a dumb people. They can do great acts, but not describe them (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls! (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) If those gentlemen would let me alone I should be much obliged to them. I would say, as Shakespeare would say... Sweet Friend, for Jesus sake forbear (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy! (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) We call it a Society; and go about professing openly the totalest separation, isolation. Our life is not a mutual helpfulness; but rather, cloaked under due laws-of-war, named fair competition and so forth, it is a mutual hostility (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) What are your historical Facts still more your biographical Wilt thou know a man by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) Wonderful Force of Public Opinion! We must act and walk in all points as it prescribes; follow the traffic it bids us, realize the sum of money, the degree of influence it expects of us, or we shall be lightly esteemed; certain mouthfuls of articulate wind will be blown at us, and this what mortal courage can front? (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) O Time! Time! How it brings forth and devours! And the roaring flood of existence rushes on forever similar, forever changing! (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) Without oblivion, there is no remembrance possible. When both oblivion and memory are wise, when the general soul of man is clear, melodious, true, there may come a modern Iliad as memorial of the Past (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) Silence, the great Empire of Silence: higher than all stars; deeper than the Kingdom of Death! It alone is great; all else is small (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) So here hath been dawning Another blue day; think, wilt thou let it Slip useless away? Out of eternity This new day is born, into eternity At night will return (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it (Thomas Carlyle Quotes) A greater number of God’s creatures believe in Mahomet’s word at this hour than in any other word whatever. Are we to suppose that it was a miserable piece of spiritual legerdemain, this which so many creatures of the almighty have lived by and died by? (Thomas Carlyle Quotes)

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