WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:00:59 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg littleness – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Carlyle, Thomas -- Lecture (1840-05-05), “The Hero as Divinity,” Home House, Portman Square, London https://wist.info/carlyle-thomas/81266/ https://wist.info/carlyle-thomas/81266/#respond Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:33:32 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=81266 No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.


Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Lecture (1840-05-05), “The Hero as Divinity,” Home House, Portman Square, London
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