Quotes by Carlyle, Thomas

The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love. >>

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite. >>

The actual well seen is ideal. >>

Quotations about Biography

I am opposed to writing about the private lives of living authors and >>

A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behin >>

Memoirs are the backstairs of history. >>

History is the essence of innumerable biographies.

Carlyle, Thomas