"The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion."
― Thomas Carlyle
Topic(s):
History
More From Thomas Carlyle
- "There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write."
- "Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious."
- "Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will."
More In History
- "I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we’re going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate that’s not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives."― Stephen Harper
- "Imagine a part of the U.S.A., from which the U.S.A. started – where is the cradle of your history? This is Kosovo for Serbia."― Novak Djokovic
- "The middle class, one of the great achievements in history, is becoming more of a relic than a reality."― Jon Meacham