Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities of foolish talk.

Thomas Carlyle

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• I pack a toothbrush, toothpaste, and deodorant. That's it. I don't have the time or patience for anything else. I'm a natural kind of guy. I don't style my hair - never learned how.

  

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• [W]e are the heirs of a past of rope, fire, and murder. I for one am not ashamed of this past. My shame is for those who became so inhuman that they could inflict this torture upon us.

  

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• Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities of foolish talk.

  

  Thomas Carlyle
  • Patience
  • Parliament
  • Foolish Talk