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a1cf85f A Parliament speaking through reporters to Buncombe and the twenty-seven millions, mostly fools. Thomas Carlyle
27ce8ed A healthy hatred of scoundrels. Thomas Carlyle
69d6f8a Genius" (which means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all). Thomas Carlyle
4bfd468 Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books! Thomas Carlyle
de91300 The unspeakable Turk Thomas Carlyle
d110663 A word spoken in season, at the right moment, is the mother of ages. Thomas Carlyle
216bbb2 For love is ever the beginning of Knowledge, as fire is of light. Thomas Carlyle
9558eb7 It has been said that there is nothing more uncommon than common sense. Thomas Chalmers
8a5600e The benevolence of the Gospel lies in actions Thomas Chalmers
433404b We reckon hours and minutes to be dollars and cents. Thomas Chandler Haliburton
47f5b52 Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive. Thomas Chandler Haliburton
88e2d58 Punctuality [...] is the soul of business. Thomas Chandler Haliburton
e2c6a8a Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it. Thomas Cooper (U.S. politician)
ec81a0e Dyspepsy is the ruin of most things: empires, expeditions, and everything else. Thomas De Quincey
77a802b The burden of the incommunicable. Thomas De Quincey
09d8f36 Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh just, subtle, and mighty opium! Thomas De Quincey
6834467 Everlasting farewells! and again, and yet again reverberated--everlasting farewells! Thomas De Quincey
41b0f7d In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage. Thomas De Quincey
5c22d97 A promise is binding in the inverse ratio of the numbers to whom it is made. Thomas De Quincey
1200ec4 Turn over a new leaf. Thomas Dekker (writer)
80d5cc2 A serjeant is a soldier with a halbert, and a drummer is a soldier with a drum. Thomas Denison
aca344d None shall be disseised of his freehold" (Magna Charta). Thomas Denison
19f6425 Minds are like parachutes: they only function when open. Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar
ec5b21d Now we've entered Globalization 3.0, and it is shrinking the world from size small to a size tiny. Thomas Friedman
6caac6e The only engine big enough to impact Mother Nature is Father Greed. Thomas Friedman
a3e9796 Miracles are the swaddling-clothes of infant churches. Thomas Fuller
8bf7a54 Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilised into time and tune. Thomas Fuller
0bbecbf He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows. Thomas Fuller
15c9a0b T]hey which play with the devils rattles, will be brought by degrees to wield his sword[.] Thomas Fuller
1aabc21 One that will not plead that cause wherein his tongue must be confuted by his conscience. Thomas Fuller
8bd1ec9 Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building. Thomas Fuller
6ba04a0 Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost. Thomas Fuller
9552c25 Fame sometimes hath created something of nothing. Thomas Fuller
dad22c4 Heat of passion makes our souls to chap, and the devil creeps in at the crannies. Thomas Fuller
c2c74c5 Fools talk of imitation and copying, all is imitation. Thomas Gainsborough
9547a17 We love a genius for what he leaves and mourn him for what he takes away. Thomas Gainsborough
53eec75 We are all going to Heaven, and Vandyck is of the company. Thomas Gainsborough
c2d4271 A theorist can explain any correlation, and its inverse. Thomas Gold
d4cbef3 Doth Nature know our dream, or is the mindA passing breath her beauty leaves behind? Thomas Gordon Hake
b56b6d0 There is something very dry in family history, because no one cares for other people's relations. Thomas Gordon Hake
c2ebda1 The more a writer deviates from simplicity, the less sincere he appears. Thomas Gordon Hake
b1f8fd9 A poem, of whatever length, should start vividly, so as to wind up the ear and set the mind ticking. Thomas Gordon Hake
e7ed9fc What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know, And from her own she learned to melt at others' woe. Thomas Gray
81431ee Now my weary lips I close; Leave me, leave me to repose! Thomas Gray