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I am weary seeing our laboring classes so wretchedly housed, fed, and clothed, while thousands of dollars are wasted every year over unsightly statues. If… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success. — Otto von Bismarck
Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 phrase for the great men in a democracy . . . Is… — Daniel J. Boorstin
The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great men. — William Hazlitt
If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man… — Alphonse de Lamartine
The sign of a great man is that the closer you get, the greater he seems. — Israel Meir Kagan
Great men are more distinguished by range and extent than by originality. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To please great men is not the last degree of praise. — Horace
I earn and pay my own way as a great many women do today. Why should unmarried women be discriminated against - unmarried men are… — Dinah Shore
I recognize thart even you, yourself, will change. Your ideals will change, your tastes will change, your desires will change. Your whole understandings of who… — Neale Donald Walsch
This war did not spring up on our land, this war was brought upon us by the children of the Great Father who came to… — Spotted Tail
When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Measured by any standard, white or black, Washington must be regarded today as one of the great men of this country: and in the future… — Ray Stannard Baker
God had no children too weak, but a great many too strong to make use of. — Dwight L. Moody
There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them. — Teresa of Avila
Truth will do well enough if left to shift for herself. She seldom has received much aid from the power of great men to whom… — Thomas Jefferson
I have written a great many stories and I still don't know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances. — John Steinbeck
A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child. — Confucius
We should find ourselves committed to killing a great many people whom we now leave living, and to leave living a great many people whom… — George Bernard Shaw
A part of eugenic politics would finally land us in an extensive use of the lethal chamber. A great many people would have to be… — George Bernard Shaw
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still… — Lord Acton
Biological diversity is the key to the maintenance of the world as we know it... Eliminate one species, and another increases to take its place.… — E. O. Wilson
Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload… — Anatole France
Adversity toughens manhood, and the characteristic of the good or the great man is not that he has been exempt from the evils of life,… — Patrick Henry
I have known ninety-five of the world's great men in my time, and of these eighty-seven were followers of the Bible. — William E. Gladstone

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