"There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write."
― Thomas Carlyle
Topic(s):
Society
More From Thomas Carlyle
- "Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation."
- "No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men."
- "If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else."
More In Society
- "You can’t have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can’t get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses."― Bruce Springsteen
- "Movies are movies: they take you back in time, and how it still is for some."― Tina Turner
- "Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in."― Peter Medawar