A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Fancy that thou deservest to be hanged. . . thou wilt feel it happiness to be only shot fancy that thou deservest to be hanged in a hair halter, it will be a luxury to die in hemp.Thomas Carlyle
The king is the man who can.
Thomas Carlyle
A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.
Thomas Carlyle
No sadder proof can be given of a person's own tiny stature, than their disbelief in great people.
Thomas Carlyle
Not our logical faculty, but our imaginative one is king over us. I might say, priest and prophet to lead us to heaven-ward, or magician and wizard to lead us hellward.
Thomas Carlyle
Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.
Thomas Carlyle
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