Quotes by Carlyle, Thomas

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of wor >>

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a Sy >>

If the cut of the costume indicates intellect and talent, then the col >>

Quotations about Perfection

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more >>

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that Engl >>

Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality. >>

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.

Carlyle, Thomas