Thomas Carlyle





Thomas Carlyle

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born
in Ecclefechan (Dumfries and Galloway), The United Kingdom
December 04, 1795

died
February 05, 1881


About this author

Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era. He called economics "the dismal science", wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and became a controversial social commentator.


Average rating: 3.72 · 1,081 ratings · 104 reviews · 166 distinct works · Similar authors
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“If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.”
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“What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.”
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“All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.”
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