Thomas Carlyle Quote

A word spoken in season, at the right moment, is the mother of ages.


Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 561.


A word spoken in season, at the right moment, is the mother of ages.

A word spoken in season, at the right moment, is the mother of ages.

A word spoken in season, at the right moment, is the mother of ages.

A word spoken in season, at the right moment, is the mother of ages.