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Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle

Scottish writer and historicus

Lived from: 1795 - 1881

Category: History and sociology | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 4 december 1795 Died: 5 february 1881

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  • The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.
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  • The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against unbelief.
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  • The best effect of any book, is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
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  • The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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  • The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of making a mistake, won't in the end affirm or deny anything.
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  • The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
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  • The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart.
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  • The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope.
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  • The devil has his elect.
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  • The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious.
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  • The dust of controversy is merely the falsehood flying off.
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  • The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.
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  • The end of man is an action and not a thought, though it were the noblest.
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  • The eternal stars shine out as soon as it is dark enough.
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  • The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.
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  • The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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  • The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit.
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  • The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person.
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  • The greatest of all faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
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  • The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
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