Thomas Carlyle History Quotes


No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. Thomas Carlyle History 78
Stern accuracy in inquiring, bold imagination in describing, these are the cogs on which history soars or flutters and wobbles. Thomas Carlyle History 78
History is the distillation of rumor. Thomas Carlyle History 72
The whole past is the procession of the present. Thomas Carlyle History 50
The history of the world is but the biography of great men. Thomas Carlyle History 50
The true past departs not; no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die; but all is still here, and, recognized or not, lives and works through endless change. Thomas Carlyle History 49
History, a distillation of rumour. Thomas Carlyle History 49
History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion. Thomas Carlyle History 39

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