"No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men."

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"Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

History, Printing, Years

"The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities."

Susan Sontag, American Author

History, Exhaustion, Man, Possibilities

"The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

History, Change, Idea, Ownership, Past

"We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

History, Precedents

"History shows us that people often make mistakes, they give wrong decisions, they vote for the wrong persons! And history also shows us that in the end they pay a heavy price for it!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

History, Mistake, Truth, Life

"If somebody tells you 'History will never forgive you,' just laugh at him! Because when the history comes, you won't be here! The threat of history never forgives you is a useless threat!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

History, Truth, Power, Wisdom

"The good thing about the aristocracy " German or English " was that they were easily traced, Mirabelle thought."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

History, Aristocracy, Class, Life

"Throughout the human history millions have died because of the kings and the queens, because of the presidents and the prime ministers, because of the Caesars and the duces, because of all these little charlatans with big ego!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

History, Truth, Regret, Power, Life

"An historic institution, which never went right, is really quite much of a miracle as an institution that cannot go wrong."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

History, Miracle, Failure, Structure

"Green Inferno was the truth, everything can be saw, how we were in the privous centuries, how did we survive and many other interesting stuff.So do you have the guts?"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

History, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

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"Clever men are good, but they are not the best."

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"The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity."

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"Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind."

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"Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time."

Time

"Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere."

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"Our grand business undoubtedly is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand."

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"Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years."

"The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities."

"The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever."

"We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes."

"History shows us that people often make mistakes, they give wrong decisions, they vote for the wrong persons! And history also shows us that in the end they pay a heavy price for it!"

"If somebody tells you 'History will never forgive you,' just laugh at him! Because when the history comes, you won't be here! The threat of history never forgives you is a useless threat!"

"The good thing about the aristocracy " German or English " was that they were easily traced, Mirabelle thought."

"Throughout the human history millions have died because of the kings and the queens, because of the presidents and the prime ministers, because of the Caesars and the duces, because of all these little charlatans with big ego!"

"An historic institution, which never went right, is really quite much of a miracle as an institution that cannot go wrong."

"Green Inferno was the truth, everything can be saw, how we were in the privous centuries, how did we survive and many other interesting stuff.So do you have the guts?"

Explore more quotes by Thomas Carlyle

"Clever men are good, but they are not the best."

"The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity."

"Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind."

"Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time."

"Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere."

"No violent extreme endures."

"Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together."

"Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness."

"History is the essence of innumerable biographies."

"Our grand business undoubtedly is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand."