| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1033 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Carlyle (17951881) |
| QUOTATION: | Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities of foolish talk. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | THOMAS CARLYLE, Latter-Day Pamphlets, no. 5, p. 33 (1850). |
| SUBJECTS: | Legislature |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | WORKS: | Thomas Carlyle Collection | | |
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