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Letter "T" » Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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«A force as of madness in the hands of reason has done all that was ever done in the world»
«Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil.»
«When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of man's soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances.»
Author: Thomas Carlyle
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«We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast of free-thinking as we may, are oftenest simply such beliefs as we have never heard questioned»
Author: Thomas Carlyle
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axiom, axioms, boast, free-thinking, oftenest, questioned
«Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.»
«The greatest of faults, I should say is to be conscious of none»
«A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.»
«Everywhere in life the true question is, not what we have gained, but what we do.»
«The whole past is the procession of the present»
«The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully»
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