Demand Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Of what is great one must either be silent or speak with greatness. With greatness--that means cynically and with innocence.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Concerning great things one should either be silent or speak loftily.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.

— Aldous Huxley

Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation.

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— Joseph Addison

A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.

— Benjamin Disraeli

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— Anonymous

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Greatness isn't there in getting respect by force or frightening others, it's in achieving it straight from the other's heart.

— Senora Roy

“Responding to the 'great good' within us causes us to be 'great people.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

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