Creative Quotations from Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) born Dec 4 Scottish essayist, historian; He was considered one of the era's great sages and man of.

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Creative Quotations from Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) born Dec 4 Scottish essayist, historian; He was considered one of the era's great sages and man of letters; wrote The French Revolution, 1837.

Life is a little gleam of time between two eternities.

a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding. Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

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

The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

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