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“A word spoken in season, at the right moment; is the mother of ages.”

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Thomas Carlyle, born on December 4, 1795, and died on February 5, 1881, was a prominent Scottish philosopher, historian, and writer. His works are known for their profound social criticism and unique literary style, which had a significant impact on 19th-century British literature and thought. more

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Book:The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle

Source: The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle

“We are to take no counsel with flesh and blood; give ear to no vain cavils, vain sorrows and wishes; to know that we know nothing, that the worst and cruelest to our eyes is not what it seems, that we have to receive whatsoever befalls us as sent from God above, and say, "It is good and wise,--God is great! Though He slay me, yet I trust in Him." Islam means, in its way, denial of self. This is yet the highest wisdom that heaven has revealed to our earth.”

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Author:Thomas Carlyle

“If I say that Shakespeare is the greatest of intellects, I have said all concerning him. But there is more in Shakespeare's intellect than we have yet seen. It is what I call an unconscious intellect; there is more virtue in it that he himself is aware of.”

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Book:Selections from Carlyle

Source: Selections from Carlyle

“He who cannot withal keep his mind to himself cannot practice any considerable thing whatsoever.”

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“Silence is the eternal duty of man.”

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Book:On the choice of books: the inaugural address of Thomas Carlyle

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“Silence, the great Empire of Silence: higher than all stars; deeper than the Kingdom of Death! It alone is great; all else is small.”

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Author:Thomas Carlyle

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Book:The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle

Source: The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle

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“Well might the ancients make silence a god; for it is the element of all godhood, infinitude, or transcendental greatness,--at once the source and the ocean wherein all such begins and ends.”

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Source: Works

“Alas! while the body stands so broad and brawny, must the soul lie blinded, dwarfed, stupefied, almost annihilated? Alas! this was, too, a breath of God, bestowed in heaven, but on earth never to be unfolded!”

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Book:Sartor Resartus

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