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No really great man ever thought himself so. — William Hazlitt
Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars. — Heraclitus
The Cheshire Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured, she thought: still it had very long claws and a great many teeth,… — Lewis Carroll
The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none. — Khalil Gibran
Genius is the union of man and God in the acts of the soul. Great men are always greater than their deeds. They are in… — Wallace D. Wattles
When the judge calls the criminal's name out he stands up, and they are immediately linked by a strange biology that makes them both opposite… — Jean Genet
Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty. — Woodrow Wilson
Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men. — Thomas Carlyle
Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are. — Oswald Mosley
Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's eye than a great man be "discovered" by an election. — Adolf Hitler
A wholesome regard for the memory of the great men of long ago is the best assurance to a people of a continuation of great… — Calvin Coolidge
...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us concerning a great many of… — Friedrich August von Hayek
There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation of free women - of free mothers. — Robert Green Ingersoll
There's hope a great man's memory may outlive his life half a year. — William Shakespeare
The prophets and seers and great men and women, past and present, were made great by what they perceived from God, not by what they… — Wallace D. Wattles
"Without faith it is impossible to please God," and without faith it is impossible for you to become great. The distinguishing characteristic of all really… — Wallace D. Wattles
The thinking of creative and successful men is never exerted in any direction other than that intended. That is why great men produce such a… — Walter Russell
In like manner the effect of every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds. The great man knew not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every successful man or great genius has three particular qualities in common. The most conspicuous of these is that they all produce a prodigious amount… — Walter Russell
The man who is wise enough to know the right thing to do, who is good enough to wish to do only the right thing,… — Wallace D. Wattles
The average person's idea of a great man, rather than one who serves, is of one who succeeds in getting himself served. — Wallace D. Wattles
The really great man is often considered selfish by a large group of people who are connected with him and who feel that he might… — Wallace D. Wattles
"The Universe repeats itself, with the possible exception of history." Of all earthly studies history is the only one that does not repeat itself. ...… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
[At the end of the story, its main character, Tom] is now a great man of science, and can plan railroads, and steam-engines, and electric… — Charles Kingsley
The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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