Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlylewas a Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher. Considered one of the most important social commentators of his time, he presented many lectures during his lifetime with certain acclaim in the Victorian era. One of those conferences resulted in his famous work On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History where he explains that the key role in history lies in the actions of the "Great Man", claiming that "History is nothing but the biography of the...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth4 December 1795
All great peoples are conservative.
Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.
Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.
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.
If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale.
Be not a slave of words.
One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.
History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.
Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.
War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.
Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.