"I have recently been reading Thomas Carlyle's book on Frederick the Great. This biography is extraordinarily instructive and uplifting. Carlyle is an ardent admirer of Frederick the Great and the picture he draws of his life is that of an heroic epic."
— Thomas Carlyle

January 1, 1970

Quote Details

Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Added on April 10, 2026
Unverified quote
0 likes
ExistentialistsAcademics from ScotlandPhilosophers from ScotlandConservatives from the United KingdomHistorians from Scotland
Original Language: English

Sources

Joseph Goebbels, diary entry (23 March 1945), quoted in Joseph Goebbels, Final Entries 1945: The Diaries of Joseph Goebbels, edited by Hugh Trevor-Roper and translated by Richard Barry (1978), p. 215