Carlyle

Famous quotes containing the word carlyle:

“What are your historical Facts; still more your biographical? Wilt thou know a Man ... by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts?”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

“The true university of these days is a collection of books.”
—Thomas Carlyle “(1795–1881)

“If Carlyle does not take two steps in philosophy, are there any who take three?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)