What did Thomas Carlyle mean by: I know so little about any history. How little do I know even about the history of myself. - Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland Copy
+ The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Fear, Motivational, 0 - Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
+ Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world’s judgment. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Judgment, Woe, 0 - Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
+ A man must indeed be a hero to appear such in the eyes of his valet. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Eye, Hero, 0 - Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
+ The leafy blossoming present time springs from the whole past, remembered and unrememberable. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Past, Remembrance, Spring, 0 - Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
+ May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Blessing, Book, 0 - Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
+ Every noble crown is, and on Earth will forever be, a crown of thorns. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Crowns, Noble, 0 - Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
+ Nature is the time-vesture of God that reveals Him to the wise, and hides him from the foolish. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Environmental, Fool, Wise, 0 - Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
+ For suffering and enduring there is no remedy, but striving and doing. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Strive, 0 - Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
