Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Who is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do away? It is you, my mother.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Affection Crime Forever Love Misery Mom Myself Yourself
Silence is more eloquent than words.
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One Liner Silence Word
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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Noble Originality Sincere
The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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Act Fear Himself Man
Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Demand Economy Teaching Yourself
Love is not altogether a Delirium, says he elsewhere; “yet has it many points in common therewith.”
THOMAS CARLYLE

Common Himself Love Togetherness
Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
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Democracy Government Hero Satisfaction Yourself
A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
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Believe Errors Himself Man Mistake Truth Unity Way
Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
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Better Education Mistake Teaching Understand Yourself
The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
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Attraction Deep Fear Past
There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
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Instruction Precious Wrong
A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
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Flow Heart Joy Kindness Laughter True
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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Action Life Question True
He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
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Belief Deep Hard Time Health Hope Motivational
Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
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Big Ideas Mindset Original Place State
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
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Age Old Ourselves Sorrow Work
The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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Battle Belief Deep End Philosophy
When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
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Fall Notice Silence Tree
It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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Deep Himself Man Poet Sincere Vision
Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
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Human Laughter Man Privilege Reason

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