All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble... a life of ease is not for any man, nor for any god.

Thomas Carlyle

Past and Present

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Idleness Dignity of work Work

Author

Thomas Carlyle

Source

Past and Present

Language

English

Time

1843 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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Original Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. Past and Present. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843, bk. 3, ch. 4.

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Carlyle, Thomas. Past and Present, edited by David R. Sorensen and Brent E. Kinser. Oxford University Press, 2023, bk. 3, ch. 4.

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It is not what a man outwardly has or wants that constitutes the happiness or misery of him. Nakedness, hunger, distress of all kinds, death itself have been cheerfully suffered, when the heart was right. It is the feeling of injustice that is insupportable to all men.

Thomas Carlyle

Chartism

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Injustice Adversity

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Thomas Carlyle
Source
Chartism
Language
English
Time
1840 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. Chartism. London: James Frases, 1840, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "Chartism." Thomas Carlyle: Selected Writings. Penguin Classics, 2015.

Another quote from the 1840s

Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.

Alfred Tennyson

Poems

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Openness to change Change

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Alfred Tennyson
Source
Locksley Hall Poems
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1842 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. "Locksley Hall." Poems. Vol. 2, London: Edward Moxon, 1842, I. 182.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Locksley Hall." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 182.

Another quote about Work

The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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Vocation Work

Author

Logan Pearsall Smith
Language
English
Time
1931 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Smith, Logan Pearsall. "Art and Letters." Afterthoughts. Constable & Company, 1931.