Thomas Carlyle Quotes

The aristocracy of feudal parchment has passed away with a mighty rushing, and now, by a natural course, we arrive at aristocracy of the money-bag.

Thomas Carlyle

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• Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and an exclusive aristocracy lessens; this decrease can be plainly observed from decade to decade by those who have an eye for public behavior, which grows visibly.

  

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• Aristocracy and exclusiveness tend to final overthrow, in language as in politics.

  

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• The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people.

  

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• I always have to get my U.K. fix, and 'Downton Abbey' is definitely that. I absolutely love period dramas, but this one is particularly appealing - following the ins and outs of aristocracy as well as the interaction between the rich and the poor.

  

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• The aristocracy of Western Europe has absolutely tabooed silver in those countries and driven it away from there. Here it finds its only resting place.

  

  Richard Parks Bland
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• Ted Hughes is dead. That's a fact, OK. Then there's something called the poetry of Ted Hughes. The poetry of Ted Hughes is more real, very soon, than the myth that Ted Hughes existed - because that can't be proven.

  

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• I hope I remember everything," said Toni. "You won't," said Trapp. "That's how you learn. But after you make the same mistake one, or two, or five times, you'll eventually get it. And then you'll make new mistakes.

  

  Louis Sachar
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• She comes to attack you every time you come through the door.

  

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• Every failure is a lesson learned about your strategy.

  

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• In relation to the subject of your letter of the 3rd inst., I have thought not a little; but I really am not prepared to counsel in the matter.

  

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• It was the first time it had ever occurred to me, that this detestable cant of false humility might have originated out of the Heep family. I had seen the harvest, but had never thought of the seed.

  

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• The crowd response has always been great, we always have fun at the shows and we will definitely be back representing our album to give people entertainment with a stage show, most rap shows are boring.

  

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• No peace was ever won from fate by subterfuge or argument; no peace is ever in store for any of us, but that which we shall win by victory over shame or sin--victory over the sin that oppresses, as well as over that which corrupts.

  

  John Ruskin
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• When we are born, we are studied, and deviations, if noxious to the species, are suppressed; good deviations are preserved. And furthermore, we bear our formula on our arm band!

  

  Christina Stead
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• Only a boring man will always want things to match; real quality lies in irregularity―another excellent remark.

  

  Kenko Yoshida
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• The aristocracy of feudal parchment has passed away with a mighty rushing, and now, by a natural course, we arrive at aristocracy of the money-bag.

  

  Thomas Carlyle
  • Aristocracy
  • Passed Away
  • Money-bag