[Economics is] not a “gay science,” I should say, like some we have heard of; no, a dreary, desolate, and, indeed, quite abject and distressing one: what we might call, by way of eminence, the dismal science .
Thomas Carlyle
1795–1881
· lived 85 years
n. 1795-12-04, Ecclefechan · m. 1881-02-05, Londres
5,305
Views
Poems
0No poems found
Quotes
40[ Commenting on Margaret Fuller’s remark, “I accept the universe,” ca. 1843 :] Gad! she’d better.
All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.
Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters’ Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate , more important far than they all.
No poems found
Comments (0)
Log in
to post a comment.
No comments yet. Be the first to comment.