Carlyle Quote by Thomas Carlyle

“A man can be reforged.”

— Brandon Sanderson

That alone can be called true refinement which elevates the soul of man, purifying the manners by improving the intellect.

— Hosea Ballou

Refinement that carries us away from our fellow-men is not God's refinement.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“A man can never be as rude as he feels, which is one of the drawbacks of civilisation.”

— Mary Findlater

“To change man, the audience by which he judges himself must be changed. A man is defined by his audience: by the people, institutions,…

— Luke Rhinehart

“If I am a man of some reading, I am a man of no retentiveness.”

— Montaigne

“What are palaces and equipages; what though a man could cover a continent with his title-deeds, or an ocean with his commerce; compared with…

— Brett McKay

“Intentions of a man reflects in his actions.”

— Sukant Ratnakar

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as he discovers…

— Samuel Johnson

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

— Samuel Johnson

“But it is often easier to compel a hundred people to do what you could never compel one person to do. The lone man…

— Anthony M. Esolen

“RUDENESS IS THE WEAK MAN’S IMITATION OF STRENGTH. —Eric Hoffer”

— P.M. Forni