The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was. – Thomas Carlyle
Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights. – Thomas Carlyle

The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was. – Thomas Carlyle
Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights. – Thomas Carlyle
The first duty of man is to conquer fear he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then. – Thomas Carlyle
Johnsons are rare; yet, Boswells are perhaps still rarer. – Thomas Carlyle