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Great Men Quotes by John Ruskin
- I fear uniformity. You cannot manufacture great men any more than you can manufacture gold.
- Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young…
- An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men.
- Great art is precisely that which never was, nor will be taught, it is preeminently and finally the expression of the spirits of great men.
- To follow art for the sake of being a great man, and therefore to cast about continually for some means of achieving position or attracting…
- Depend upon it, the first universal characteristic of all great art is Tenderness, as the second is Truth. I find this more and more every…
- Nobody cares much at heart about Titian, only there is a strange undercurrent of everlasting murmur about his name, which means the deep consent of…
- The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his…
- I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.
- I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great…
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- As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs… — Cleveland Abbe
- It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and… — Honore de Balzac
- 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
- Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest… — Jean de la Bruyere
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- No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. — Thomas Carlyle
- No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. — Thomas Carlyle
- 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
- It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give… — William Ellery Channing