Thomas Carlyle

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#honor #humanity #i #idea #kind

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#eternity #shallow #silence #speech #time

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#block #granite #obstacle #pathway #stepping-stone

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#dishonest #free #heart #life #man

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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