It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics. – Thomas Carlyle
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity speech is shallow as Time. – Thomas Carlyle

It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics. – Thomas Carlyle
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity speech is shallow as Time. – Thomas Carlyle
Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere. – Thomas Carlyle
The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was. – Thomas Carlyle