John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5970 Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 5970 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) |
| QUOTATION: | Clever men are good, but they are not the best. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Goethe. Edinburgh Review, 1828. |