Carlyle

Famous quotes containing the word carlyle:

“The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

“Real good breeding, as the people have it here, is one of the finest things now going in the world. The careful avoidance of all discussion, the swift hopping from topic to topic, does not agree with me; but the graceful style they do it with is beyond that of minuets!”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

“Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)