Thomas Carlyle ( 10 of 167 )
Biography is the only true history
Biography is the only true history
Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive
Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive
In the end, everything is a gag.
In the end, everything is a gag.
Speech is great; but silence is greater.
Speech is great; but silence is greater.
no man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.
no man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.
Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.
Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.
Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
Love is not altogether a delerium, yet it has many points in common therewith.
Love is not altogether a delerium, yet it has many points in common therewith.
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
Ridicule is the language of the devil.
Ridicule is the language of the devil.
