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title: "10 Men Reached Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [Men who have reached and passed 45, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-haydon/men-who-have-reached-and-passed-45-have-a-look-as-if-waiting-for-the/)

[Benjamin Haydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-haydon/)

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> [“Heights by great men reached and kept, were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, kept toiling upwards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tan-morgan/heights-by-great-men-reached-and-kept-were-not-attained-by-sudden/)

[Tan Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tan-morgan/)

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> [Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/heights-by-great-men-reached-and-kept-were-not-obtained-by-sudden/)

[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/)

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> [“The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wooden/the-heights-by-great-men-reached-and-kept-were-not-attained-by-sudden/)

[John Wooden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wooden/)

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> [The heights that great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flights; but they, while their companions slept, toiled upwards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/longfellow/the-heights-that-great-men-reached-and-kept-were-not-attained-by/)

[Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/longfellow/)

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> [“How many centuries must have elapsed before men reached the point of seeing any other fire than that in the sky?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-jacques-rousseau/how-many-centuries-must-have-elapsed-before-men-reached-the-point-of/)

[Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-jacques-rousseau/)

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> [Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/golda-meir/men-who-have-reached-and-passed-forty-five-have-a-look-as-if-waiting/)

[Golda Meir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/golda-meir/)

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> [The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-heights-by-great-men-reached-and-kept-were-not-attained-by-sudden-2/)

[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/)

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> [Men are four; He who knows and knows not that he knows. He is asleep; wake him. He who knows not and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/men-are-four-he-who-knows-and-knows-not-that-he-knows-he-is-asleep/)

[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/)

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> [“The two men's eyes widened when they saw me charging toward them. One of them dropped his hold on Grey, letting him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirby-howell/the-two-men-s-eyes-widened-when-they-saw-me-charging-toward-them-one/)

[Kirby Howell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirby-howell/)

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