“For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Under all speech that is good for
“Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Wonder is the basis of worship.
“Wonder is the basis of worship.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Silence is the element in which great
“Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Work alone is noble.
“Work alone is noble.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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I do not believe in the collective
“I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Old age is not a matter for
“Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Category: age
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If an eloquent speaker speak not the
“If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?”
— Thomas Carlyle
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It is a vain hope to make
“It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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It were a real increase of human
“It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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He who has health, has hope; and
“He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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