Maxioms by Thomas Carlyle
A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.
A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.
A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.
Is not every meanest day the confluence of two eternities?
Is not every meanest day the confluence of two eternities?
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man read more
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels; one warehouses, another villas; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks until the architect can make them something else.
