There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems.
More Quotes from Thomas Carlyle:
I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.Thomas Carlyle
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
Thomas Carlyle
Show me the man you honor, and I will show you the kind of a man you are, for it shows me what your ideal of manhood is, and what kind of a man you long to be.
Thomas Carlyle
Real good breeding, as the people have it here, is one of the finest things now going in the world. The careful avoidance of all discussion, the swift hopping from topic to topic, does not agree with me. . .
Thomas Carlyle
To a shower of gold most things are penetrable.
Thomas Carlyle
No sadder proof can be given of a person's own tiny stature, than their disbelief in great people.
Thomas Carlyle
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