Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such: it is an accident, not a property of a man
Thomas Carlyle quote

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Thomas Carlyle quote

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.
Thomas Carlyle quote

Metaphysics is the attempt of the mind to rise above the mind.
Thomas Carlyle quote

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with its fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
Thomas Carlyle quote

Twenty-seven millions, mostly fools
Thomas Carlyle quote

Trust not the heart of that man for whom old clothes are not venerable
Thomas Carlyle quote

Violence does even justice unjustly.
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Biography

Author born in the 18th century