All Thomas Carlyle Quotes
- The meaning of song goes deep. Who in logical words can explain the effect music has on us? A kind of inarticulate, unfathomable speech, which… Deep
- The greatest fault is to be conscious of none. Conscious
- My books are friends that never fail me. Book
- A thinking man is the worst enemy the Prince of Darkness can have; every time such an one announces himself, I doubt not there runs… Announces
- Fire is the best of servants, but what a master! Best
- Neither had Watt of the Steam engine a heroic origin, any kindred with the princes of this world. The princes of this world were shooting… Any
- The steam-engine I call fire-demon and great; but it is nothing to the invention of fire. Call
- There is a perennial nobleness, and even sacredness, in work. Were he never so benighted, forgetful of his high calling, there is always hope in… Alone
- All work is as seed sown; it grows and spreads, and sows itself anew. All
- Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow destruction. Another Word
- Look around you. Your world-hosts are all in mutiny, in confusion, destitution; on the eve of fiery wreck and madness! They will not march farther… All
- Does it ever give thee pause that men used to have a soul? Not by hearsay alone, or as a figure of speech, but as… Acted
- Histories are a kind of distilled newspapers. Distilled
- It is part of my creed that the only poetry is history, could we tell it right. Creed
- Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy. Best
- The wise man is but a clever infant, spelling letters from a hieroglyphical prophetic book, the lexicon of which lies in eternity. Book
- Cash-payment is not the sole nexus of man with man. Cash
- The dust of controversy is merely the falsehood flying off. Controversy
- There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems. Force
- What are your historical Facts still more your biographical Wilt thou know a man by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts Biographical
- To the vulgar eye, few things are wonderful that are not distant Distant
- If those gentlemen would let me alone I should be much obliged to them. I would say, as Shakespeare would say... Sweet Friend, for Jesus… Alone
- No sooner does a great man depart, and leave his character as public property, than a crowd of little men rushes towards it. There they… Afar
- Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind. All
- Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter is little known out of Germany. The only thing connected with him, we think, that has reached this… Air