Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Nothing builds self- esteem and self- confidence like accomplishment.
– Thomas Carlyle

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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

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Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.
– Thomas Carlyle

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Silence is more eloquent than words.
– Thomas Carlyle

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Go as far as you can see, and when you get there you will see farther.
– Thomas Carlyle

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Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
– Thomas Carlyle

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A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
– Thomas Carlyle

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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man.
– Thomas Carlyle

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The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
– Thomas Carlyle

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I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
– Thomas Carlyle

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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
– Thomas Carlyle

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What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
– Thomas Carlyle

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The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
– Thomas Carlyle

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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
– Thomas Carlyle

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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
– Thomas Carlyle

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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
– Thomas Carlyle

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In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
– Thomas Carlyle

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A man lives by believing something; not by debating and arguing about many things.
– Thomas Carlyle

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All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.
– Thomas Carlyle

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The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
– Thomas Carlyle

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