Thomas Carlyle
Birthdate: December 4, 1795
Birthplace: Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: February 5, 1881
Occupation: Essayist, Historian, and Philosopher
Profile: Best known for
The French Revolution, A History.
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle
Number of Quotes: 6
A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
If you are ever in doubt as to whether or not you should kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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