Quote by Thomas Carlyle
History, a distillation of rumour. - Thomas Carlyle

History, a distillation of rumour. – Thomas Carlyle

Other quotes by Thomas Carlyle

In the true Literary Man there is thus ever, acknowledged or not by the world, a sacredness: he is the light of the world; the worlds Priest; — guiding it, like a sacred Pillar of Fire, in its dark pilgrimage through the waste of Time. – Thomas Carlyle

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In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom we have to say, Like People like Government. – Thomas Carlyle

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[T]hat is the triumph of history – truth absolute is not at hand; the original with which to match the copy does not exist. – Jacques Barzun, Clio and the Doctors

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Im really interested in modern history, but to fulfill a History degree at Brown you have to do modern and pre-modern. – Emma Watson

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Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed. – Paul Ryan

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The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion. – Potter Stewart

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