Littles Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Little other than a red tape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence.

— Thomas Carlyle

I know so little about any history. How little do I know even about the history of myself.

— Thomas Carlyle

And man's little Life has Duties that are great, that are alone great, and go up to Heaven and down to Hell.

— Thomas Carlyle

One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!

— Thomas Carlyle

All greatness is unconscious, or it is little and naught.

— Thomas Carlyle

This little life has its duties that are great-that are alone great, and that go up to heaven and down to hell.

— Thomas Carlyle

A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.

— Thomas Carlyle

It is a fact which escapes no one, that, generally speaking, whoso is acquainted with his worth has but a little stock…

— Thomas Carlyle

Shakespeare says, we are creatures that look before and after; the more surprising that we do not look around a little, and…

— Thomas Carlyle

Professors of the Dismal Science, I perceive the length of your tether is now pretty well run; and I must request you…

— Thomas Carlyle

It is great, and there is no other greatness-to make one nook of God's Creation more fruitful, better, more worthy of God;…

— Thomas Carlyle

Man, it is not thy works, which are mortal, infinitely little, and the greatest no greater than the least, but only the…

— Thomas Carlyle

The great silent man! Looking round on the noisy inanity of the world,--words with little meaning, actions with little worth,--one loves to…

— Thomas Carlyle

He who talks much about virtue in the abstract, begins to be suspected; it is shrewdly guessed that where there is great…

— Thomas Carlyle

But the whim we have of happiness is somewhat thus. By certain valuations, and averages, of our own striking, we come upon…

— Thomas Carlyle

No sooner does a great man depart, and leave his character as public property, than a crowd of little men rushes towards…

— Thomas Carlyle

A man with a half volition goes backwards and forwards, and makes no way on the smoothest road; a man with a…

— Thomas Carlyle

The errors of a wise man are literally more instructive than the truths of a fool. The wise man travels in lofty,…

— Thomas Carlyle

Cherish what is dearest while you have it near you, and wait not till it is far away. Blind and deaf that…

— Thomas Carlyle

Superstition! that horrid incubus which dwelt in darkness, shunning the light, with all its racks, and poison chalices, and foul sleeping draughts,…

— Thomas Carlyle

Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter is little known out of Germany. The only thing connected with him, we think, that…

— Thomas Carlyle

When I gaze into the stars, they look down upon me with pity from their serene and silent spaces, like eyes glistening…

— Thomas Carlyle

We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own time; and by knowledge of its wants and advantages,…

— Thomas Carlyle

If you will believe me, you who are young, yours is the golden season of life. As you have heard it called,…

— Thomas Carlyle

With respect to duels, indeed, I have my own ideas. Few things in this so surprising world strike me with more surprise.…

— Thomas Carlyle

We have our little theory on all human and divine things. Poetry, the workings of genius itself, which, in all times, with…

— Thomas Carlyle