389 ordspråk av Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
The outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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The past is all holy to us; the dead are all holy; even they that were wicked when alive.
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The person who cannot laugh is not only ready for treason, and deceptions, their whole life is already a treason and deception.
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The Public is an old woman. Let her maunder and mumble.
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The purpose of man is in action, not thought.
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The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.
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The seagreen Incorruptible.
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The sincere alone can recognize sincerity.
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The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
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The three great elements of modern civilization: Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion
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The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss
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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.
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The true University of these days is a collection of books.
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The Universe is but one vast symbol of God
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The whole past is the procession of the present
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