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Great Men Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men.
- Were a star quenched on high,For ages would its light,Still travelling downward from the sky,Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies,For…
- Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
- The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the…
- Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.
- Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And,departing,leave behnd us Footprints on the sands of time.
- Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night.
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- To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing. — Charles Baudelaire
- It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men. — Phillips Brooks
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- No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. — Thomas Carlyle
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- All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know. — Alexis Carrel
- Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes. — Jim Carrey
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