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• In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time: the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream.
  -- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) -- Heroes and Hero-Worship, The Hero as a Man of Lette...
• There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talent.
  -- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)...
• The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flowing hidden in the underground, secretly making the ground greener.
  -- Thomas Carlyle...
• One monster there is in the world, the idle man. -- Thomas Carlyle
• The crash of the whole solar and stellar systems could only kill you once.
  -- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)...
• A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats other men. -- Thomas Carlyle
• Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
  -- Thomas Carlyle...
• The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
  -- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) -- Heroes and Hero-Worship, The Hero as a Man of Lette...
• It is through symbols that man consciously or unconsciously lives, works and has his being.
  -- Thomas Carlyle...