#in

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#conviction #excellent #into #itself #never

Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#because #below #century #day #death

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#bad #before #essential #good #good qualities

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#finest #genius #humor #justly #perfection

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#general #good #i #language #long

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#fashion #great #great things #silence #themselves

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#done #flowing #good #good man #green

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. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#deeper #essence #far #head #heart

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#gifted #leaves #person #point #rest

I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is amusing to coquette with an echo for a little while, but one soon tires of it. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#always #amusing #coquette #echo #i