Thomas Carlyle's Quote - I grow daily to honor facts more and more, and theory less and les

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

I grow daily to honor facts more and more, and theory less and les

I grow daily to honor facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing — a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil. – Thomas Carlyle

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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

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Reality, if rightly interpreted, is grander than fiction. – Thomas Carlyle

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The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope. – Thomas Carlyle

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What are your historical Facts; still more your biographical? Wilt thou know a man by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts? – Thomas Carlyle

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Carelessness is worse than a thieve. – Scottish Proverb

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People can refute your facts, but never your feelings. – Sharon Anthony Bower

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Facts cant be recounted; much less twice over, and far less still by different persons. Ive already drummed that thoroughly into your head. What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets whats behind them. – Augusto Roa Bastos

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