No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself… — Thomas Carlyle
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
Sir Walter Scott · 1838
★ 3.6Provenance
Current citation
Carlyle, Thomas. "Sir Walter Scott." The Works of Thomas Carlyle, edited by Henry Duff Traill. Vol. 29, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Original citation
Carlyle, Thomas. "Sir Walter Scott." London and Westminster Review, 12 Nov. 1838.