Author: Thomas Carlyle

Quotes

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

- Thomas Carlyle

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.

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

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.

- Thomas Carlyle

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

- Thomas Carlyle

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

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

- Thomas Carlyle

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.

- Thomas Carlyle

Endurance is patience concentrated.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

- Thomas Carlyle

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

- Thomas Carlyle

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