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The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
You will not find one Godly man who came out of an affliction worse than when he went into it. Though for a little while… — Jeremiah Burroughs
Even great men can be corrupted — J. Edgar Hoover
We believe Slobodan Milosevic must be buried in his country, in Belgrade, at the Alley of Great Men. — Ivica Dacic
For the only great men among the unfree and the oppressed are those who struggle to destroy the oppressor. — Walter Rodney
There we were, hundreds of us lined up, waving at the great man as he tipped his hat to us. And that is the extent… — Gregory Peck
Obama likes to quote great men but will never be a great man himself. I can't stand it when our leader goes around apologizing for… — Samuel J. Wurzelbacher
The epitaphs on tombstones of a great many people should read: Died at thirty, and buried at sixty. — Nicholas Murray Butler
You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter — Tacitus
Hitler had an unprecedented opportunity, such as no man will ever again be offered so easily, to create something entirely new. However, besides the fact… — Unknown Author
An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men. — John Ruskin
It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of creating… — Henry Fielding
If I hadn't had mentors, I wouldn't be here today. I'm a product of great mentoring, great coaching... Coaches or mentors are very important. They… — Indra Nooyi
The ideal of faith in ourselves is of the greatest help to us. If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I… — Swami Vivekananda
Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to face it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but… — Benjamin Franklin
Sacrifice: Giving up something good for something better. As I have studied great men and women from the beginning of time, the common denominator of… — Hyrum W. Smith
Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred — Booker T. Washington
It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. . . . We need to feel that behind us is intelligence… — Calvin Coolidge
Visionary people are visionary partly because of the very great many things they don't see. — Unknown Author
Yes, Marines are down in jungle land and they did kill a man in a war, and a great many people did not know anything… — Unknown Author
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men… — Frederick Winslow Taylor
A book is like a single tree in a forest, in that it exists in conjunction with and because of a great many others around… — David Suzuki
The great man fights the elements in his time that hinder his own greatness, in other words his own freedom and sincerity. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Great men sometimes lose the reins and lose their heads. This time, let us hope that they will retain them and that when victory is… — David Lloyd George

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