Logo
Quote by Thomas Carlyle
In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time: the articulate audi

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

Other quotes by Thomas Carlyle

The first duty of man is to conquer fear he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then. – Thomas Carlyle

Category:
Fear
Author
Thomas Carlyle
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Books
category

There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book; books are well written or badly written. – Oscar Wilde, Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

Category:
Books

Borrowers of books — those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes. – Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia, "The Two Races of Men," 1822

Category:
Books

One cannot celebrate books sufficiently. After saying his best, still something better remains to be spoken in their praise. – A. Bronson Alcott, “Books,” June 1869

Category:
Books

I knew a gentleman who was so good a manager of his time that he would not even lose that small portion of it which the calls of nature obliged him to pass in the necessary-house; but gradually went through all the Latin poets in those moments. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Books

Random Quotes

Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today. – Mike Ferguson

Category:
Courage

Wit is educated insolence. – Aristotle

Category:
Intelligence

I asked my daughter when she was 16, Whats the buzz on the street with the kids? Shes going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends arent into Kiss. But theyve all been told that its the greatest show on Earth. – Ace Frehley

Category:
dad

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them. – W. Clement Stone

Category:
Leadership