Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Thomas Carlyle Quotes: A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.
         

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.


Thomas Carlyle
Check all other quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Thomas Carlyle Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 22 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/A-witty-statesman-said-you-might-prove-1105283>.





Check out


Other quotes of Thomas Carlyle


Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.



He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.



Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.



No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.



Endurance is patience concentrated.

Endurance is patience concentrated.



I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.



Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.



A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.



A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.



Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.





Other quotes you may like


Language is the alchemy of transforming a thought into a word, and the word into a new reality.

Language is the alchemy of transforming a thought into a word, and the word into a new reality.



I would like to think she turns around and goes home and does one thing differently that day because of what she has imagined, and again the day after that, and the day after that.

I would like to think she turns around and goes home and does one thing differently that day because of what she has imagined, and again the day after that, and the day after that.



If Liana wanted to fight over Harlow, she was going to lose. Not that I liked him that way. That was to say, I wasn't sure how I felt about Harlow, but it damned sure wasn't up to her to tell me.

If Liana wanted to fight over Harlow, she was going to lose. Not that I liked him that way. That was to say, I wasn't sure how I felt about Harlow, but it damned sure wasn't up to her to tell me.



Hell was never God's intention. It is man's invention. It is a human-manufactured religious icon, no less idolatrous than deifying a statue.

Hell was never God's intention. It is man's invention. It is a human-manufactured religious icon, no less idolatrous than deifying a statue.



Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe.

Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe.



Life is a short affair; We should try to make it smooth, and free from strife.

Life is a short affair; We should try to make it smooth, and free from strife.



Classical ballet will never die.

Classical ballet will never die.



Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of men and women upon their world in order to transform it.

Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of men and women upon their world in order to transform it.



You build a golf game like you build a wall, one brick at a time.

You build a golf game like you build a wall, one brick at a time.



You get what you think about whether you want it or not.

You get what you think about whether you want it or not.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.". Author of this quote is Thomas Carlyle. This quote is about prove, said, math, witty, might, science, figures,.