List of quotes from Thomas Carlyle
"A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one."
by Thomas Carlyle
"No sadder proof can be given by man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men."
by Heroes and Hero Worship Thomas Carlyle
"Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand."
by Thomas Carlyle
"Music is well said to be the speech of angels."
by Thomas Carlyle
"A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason."
by Thomas Carlyle
"Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts."
by Thomas Carlyle
"The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity."
by Thomas Carlyle