Great men Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“wise men are remembered, they always are.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

“Let every man in mankind's frailty consider his last day; and let none presume on his good fortune until he find Life, at his…

— Sophocles

“We have all met a class of men, very remarkable for their activity, and who yet make but little headway in life; men who,…

— Frederick Douglass

“Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time;…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“The age of great men, when a single mind of intelligence and vision might change the destiny of the world, was long gone.”

— Helen Simonson

It was the saying of a great man, that if we could trace our descents, we should find all slaves to come from princes,…

— Seneca the Younger

“Who is the man who can speak to the strong? Where is the fool who can talk to the wise? Men who are dead…

— Derek Walcott

“Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sand of time;…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“In proper men there is hidden a light which darkness makes visible. I believe that the hope of mankind is in this buried glory;…

— Gerald Kersh

“Great men die twice, once when they leave this world and a second time when their life work disappears.”

— Ivo Andrić

“Wise men speak only of what they know”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“These, then, are the wise men, the lights of the world. Alas, alas! I had hoped for other things; here, as peasants in a…

— Ioannes Amos Comenius