John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5976 Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 5976 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) |
| QUOTATION: | There is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a biography, the life of a man; also it may be said, there is no life of a man, faithfully recorded, but is a heroic poem of its sort, rhymed or unrhymed. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Sir Walter Scott. London and Westminster Review, 1838. |