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“But he had seen so little of life and the world himself, that he could scarcely help being one-sided and narrow-minded; and as he…

— Mrs. Alfred Gatty

“Nevertheless, let no one boast. Just as every man, though he be the greatest genius, has very definite limitations in some one sphere of…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“The man of principle never forgets what he is, because of what others are.”

— Bohdi Sanders

“I believe there is no one principle which predominates in human nature so much in every stage of life, from the cradle to the…

— David McCullough

“These wonderful narrations inspired me with strange feelings. Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous and magnificent, yet so vicious and base?…

— Mary Shelley

“From his example in this respect I learned the lesson that great man cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of…

— Booker T. Washington

“Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous and magnificent, yet so vicious and base? He appeared at one time a mere scion…

— Mary Shelley

“He often makes prizes of humans who have given their lives for causes He thinks bad on the monstrously sophistical ground that the humans…

— C.S. Lewis

“Built like a giant, handsome and not at all stupid, he was one of those people whom luck always follows everywhere — not because…

— Maxim Gorky

“An ordinary man gets arrogant with beauty, conceited with knowledge and ruthless with power.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Human beings betray their worst failings when they marvel to find that a world ruler is neither foolishly indolent, presumptuous, nor cruel.”

— Marguerite Yourcenar

“And if he were really to do good he would have needed in addition to his principles, a heart capable of violating them -…

— Boris Pasternak