“It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Music is well said to be the
“Music is well said to be the speech of angels.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended
“Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Work alone is noble.
“Work alone is noble.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Not brute force but only persuasion and
“Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and
“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.”
— Thomas Carlyle
Author: Thomas Carlyle
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If you look deep enough you will
“If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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A strong mind always hopes, and has
“A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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I grow daily to honour facts more
“I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil.”
— Thomas Carlyle
Author: Thomas Carlyle
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There is a great discovery still to
“There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write.”
— 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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