Hero Quote by Jean de la Bruyere

The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Some men seem remarkable to the world in whom neither their wives nor their valets saw anything extraordinary. Few men have been admired by…

— Michel de Montaigne

All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]

— Pierre Corneille

I have discovered that a famed familiarity in great ones is a note of certain usurpation on the less; for great and popular men…

— Ben Jonson

Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great. [Fr., Helas! on voit que de tout temps Les…

— Jean de La Fontaine

He that can enjoy the intimacy of the great, and on no occasion disgust them by familiarity, or disgrace himself by servility, proves that…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“In that century, a man adventuring by sea in the Mediterranean was likely to find the wheel of fortune turn full circle in a…

— Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford

“Chic rarely bothers to leave the Rue De Faubourg Saint-Honore.”

— Tyne O'Connell

“If you need anything, ask your butler.’ ‘Butler?’ There was a word that had never before entered her life. ‘They come with the suites.”

— C.C. Gibbs

“One of the causes, by the way, of the apparent lack, at the present time, of great men lies in the poverty of the…

— Aldous Huxley

Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which…

— Louisa May Alcott

“And you dare to wear the golden spurs of a knight? You dare to call yourself a Marshal of France and carry the fleur-de-lis…

— Anonymous