Quotes by Carlyle, Thomas

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul >>

We have our little theory on all human and divine things. Poetry, the >>

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself in >>

Quotations about Speech

Listening to someone talk isn't at all like listening to their words p >>

Speech is civilization itself. The word... preserves contact -- it is >>

I don't want to talk grammar. I want to talk like a lady. >>

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts.

Carlyle, Thomas