Necessity dispenseth with decorum. Thomas Carlyle decorumdispensethnecessity Change image and share on social
There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write. Thomas Carlyle discoverygreatliterary Change image and share on social
To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. Thomas Carlyle beginfoolishman Change image and share on social
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Thomas Carlyle consciousfaultgreat Change image and share on social
When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze. Thomas Carlyle acornbreezeecho Change image and share on social
Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. Thomas Carlyle devilgeneralgood Change image and share on social
If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown. Thomas Carlyle crownenemyfight Change image and share on social
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. Thomas Carlyle collectiveignoranceindividual Change image and share on social
It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five. Thomas Carlyle agebarrelcalling share on social
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen. Thomas Carlyle cheerfulcheerfulnessendurance Change image and share on social
