Thomas Carlyle ( 10 of 167 )
History, as it lies at the root of all science, is also the first
distinct product of man's spiritual read more
History, as it lies at the root of all science, is also the first
distinct product of man's spiritual nature; his earliest
expression of what can be called Thought.
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance--the cheerful man will do more in the same time, read more
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance--the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it ;better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument
than why I have one.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument
than why I have one.
So here hath been dawning
Another blue day;
Think, wilt thou let it
Slip read more
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.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can
stand prosperity, there are a hundred read more
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can
stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my
hand alters the centre of gravity read more
It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my
hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe.
Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's
judgment.
Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's
judgment.
All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.
All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.
Scarcely two hundred years back can Fame recollect articulately
at all; and there she but maunders and mumbles.
Scarcely two hundred years back can Fame recollect articulately
at all; and there she but maunders and mumbles.
Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school-fees are
heavy.
Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school-fees are
heavy.
