Thomas Carlyle Quotes.

1. "If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it."
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2. "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom."
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3. "All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books."
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4. "Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see further."
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5. "A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge."
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6. "My books are friends that never fail me." (Letter to his mother, Margaret A. Carlyle; 17 March 1817)"
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7. "Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct."
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8. "Tell a man he is brave, and you help him to become so."
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9. "A good book is the purest essence of a human soul."
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10. "The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss."
- Quote by Thomas Carlyle