Work alone is noble.
Quote by Thomas Carlyle
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Work alone is noble.
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Thomas Carlyle Quotes
- History, a distillation of rumour.
- 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.
- I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.
- Secrecy is the element of all goodness even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
- 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.
- The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
- If you look deep enough you will see music the heart of nature being everywhere music.
- Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
- True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.
- 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.
Best Quotes
- If I could get any animal it would be a dolphin. I want one so bad. Me and my mom went swimming with dolphins and I was like, 'How do we get one of those?' and she was like, 'You can't get a dolphin. What are you gonna do, like, put it in your pool?'
- We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
- He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.
- Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
- Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.
- We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.
- I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon.
- In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
- You know, my movies are important on an economic basis, on an artistic basis.
- It is strange that the years teach us patience that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.