--- title: "Best Jane Welsh Carlyle Quotes" description: "Jane Baillie Carlyle was a Scottish writer and the wife of Thomas Carlyle. Browse 49 Jane Welsh Carlyle quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jane-welsh-carlyle-47158.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jane-welsh-carlyle-47158.jpg) # Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801–1866) Writer United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland **49** quotes in **492** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jane Welsh Carlyle was a writer from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, best known for *Letters and memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle*. ## Quick Facts About Jane Welsh Carlyle Born January 14, 1801 Died April 21, 1866 Nationality United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Profession Writer Notable works Letters and memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle Spouse Thomas Carlyle ## About Jane Welsh Carlyle Jane Baillie Carlyle was a Scottish writer and the wife of Thomas Carlyle. ## Quotes by Jane Welsh Carlyle · Page 2 > [One feels as if it could never, never be less. And yet all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/one-feels-as-if-it-could-never-never-be-less-and-yet-all-griefs-when/) [Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/) [Anger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b73/jane-welsh-carlyle-13856_anger_one-feels-as-if-it-could-never-never-be_3207085.jpg) > [Who knows but I shall grow reasonable at last, descend from my ideal heaven to the real earth, marry, and - Oh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/who-knows-but-i-shall-grow-reasonable-at-last-descend-from-my-ideal/) [Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/) [Descend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/descend/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c88/jane-welsh-carlyle-13856_descend_who-knows-but-i-shall-grow-reasonable-at_597135.jpg) > [It is much to be wished that one had a post that knew what it was doing again; and lawmakers that knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/it-is-much-to-be-wished-that-one-had-a-post-that-knew-what-it-was/) [Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/) [Again](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/again/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffd/jane-welsh-carlyle-13856_again_it-is-much-to-be-wished-that-one-had-a-p_565103.jpg) > [I have lived so long among people who do not understand me, been so long accustomed to refrain and disguise myself for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/i-have-lived-so-long-among-people-who-do-not-understand-me-been-so/) [Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/) [Accustomed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accustomed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/jane-welsh-carlyle-13856_accustomed_i-have-lived-so-long-among-people-who-do_2898686.jpg) > [I declare I would rather be a kitten and cry, 'Mew!' than live as I see many of my female acquaintances do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/i-declare-i-would-rather-be-a-kitten-and-cry-mew-than-live-as-i-see/) [Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/) [Acquaintances](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acquaintances/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/jane-welsh-carlyle-13856_acquaintances_i-declare-i-would-rather-be-a-kitten-and_1990000.jpg) > [How many precious things do we not already possess which others have not - have hardly an idea of! Let us enjoy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/how-many-precious-things-do-we-not-already-possess-which-others-have/) [Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/) [Bless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bless/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba6/jane-welsh-carlyle-13856_bless_how-many-precious-things-do-we-not-alrea_1844902.jpg) > [I do think there is much truth in the Young German idea that marriage is a shockingly immoral institution, as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/i-do-think-there-is-much-truth-in-the-young-german-idea-that-marriage/) [Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/) [Disagreeable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disagreeable/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/jane-welsh-carlyle-13856_disagreeable_i-do-think-there-is-much-truth-in-the-yo_687667.jpg) > [But what are friends? What is a husband, even, compared with one's Mother? Of her love, one is always so sure! It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/but-what-are-friends-what-is-a-husband-even-compared-with-one-s/) [Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/) [Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/jane-welsh-carlyle-13856_always_but-what-are-friends-what-is-a-husband-e_1525944.jpg) > [Instead of boiling up individuals into the species, I would draw a chalk circle round every individuality, and preach to it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/instead-of-boiling-up-individuals-into-the-species-i-would-draw-a/) [Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/) [Boiling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boiling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78d/jane-welsh-carlyle-13856_boiling_instead-of-boiling-up-individuals-into-t_898343.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/#itemlist", "name": "Jane Welsh Carlyle Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One feels as if it could never, never be less. 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