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To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

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A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone. ↗

— Paul Valery

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Marijuana. Boy, I thought that was just terrible. How could this great man do this to his life? ↗

— Tommy Rettig

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Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events. ↗

— John Drinkwater

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Joe Jackson is a great man. The problem that people have with my father is that he tells it like it is. He's just straight up and doesn't beat around the bush. Tough love. ↗

— Tito Jackson

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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 opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history. ↗

— Michael Scheuer

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The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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A great man is the man who does something for the first time. ↗

— Alexander Smith

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It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously. ↗