About Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher from the Scottish Lowlands. A leading writer of the Victorian era, he exerted a profound influence on 19th-century art, literature, and philosophy.
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The happiest hours of mankind are recorded on the blank pages of history.
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He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
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The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.