Thomas Carlyle

Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive

Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive

The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers

The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers

The Orator persuades and carries all with him, he knows not how;
the Rhetorician can prove that he ought read more

The Orator persuades and carries all with him, he knows not how;
the Rhetorician can prove that he ought to have persuaded and
carried all with him.

Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.

Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.

On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is
unworthy a religious man to view read more

On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is
unworthy a religious man to view an irreligious one either with
alarm or aversion; or with any other feeling than regret, and
hope, and brotherly commiseration.