“I fear no hell, just as I expect no heaven. Nabokov summed up a nonbeliever’s view of the cosmos, and our place… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
“A poor puppy with an empty can tied to his tail, Thomas Carlyle wittily observes, ran and ran on, frightened by the… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
Every year, I have my graduate students read the great works of history, from classical times to the present. They gamely tackle… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
I first wrote a biography of Thomas Carlyle, and it turned out I loved writing biographies and had a talent for it.… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
“The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. —historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle” — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
“THE greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Some years ago, I read Thomas Carlyle's history of the French Revolution, and I was very taken by the way he told… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
“For all those who keep on asking me when will i get my first royalty cheque: The highest reward for a person's… — Lovely Goyal Copy Share Image
“(Quoted by Thomas Carlyle) The rude man requires only to see something going on. The man of more refinement must be made… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things. ~ Thomas Carlyle” — Sherri Lane Copy Share Image
“The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity. —THOMAS CARLYLE,” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Of all the acts of man, repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults . . . is to be… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Thomas… — Bohdi Sanders Copy Share Image
