Quote by Thomas Carlyle
The beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even

The beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even with armed eyesight, till they become transparent. – Thomas Carlyle

Other quotes by Thomas Carlyle

When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of mans soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances. – Thomas Carlyle

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When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze. – Thomas Carlyle

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If you look deep enough you will see music the heart of nature being everywhere music. – Thomas Carlyle

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They have stopped deceiving you, not loving you. And it seems to you that they have stopped loving you. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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And upsidedown in the earth a dead man walks upon my soles when I walk. – Bill Knott, “(End) of Summer (1966)” (Thanks, Laurie)

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I wish I could have known earlier that you have all the time you’ll need right up to the day you die. – William Wiley

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This weary ol’ workhorse is a unicorn, my friend. – Terri Guillemets

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Im learning English at the moment. I can say Big Ben, Hello Rodney, Tower Bridge and Loo. – Cher

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