Thomas Carlyle

Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.

Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.

Don't promise twice what you can do at once.

Don't promise twice what you can do at once.

Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feeling and our manners, and rules us with the imperious read more

Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feeling and our manners, and rules us with the imperious hand of a despot

Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.

Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.

What gained we, little moth? Thy ashes,
Thy one brief parting pang may show:
And withering thoughts read more

What gained we, little moth? Thy ashes,
Thy one brief parting pang may show:
And withering thoughts for soul that dashes,
From deep to deep, are but a death more slow.