#great man

The Jewish people asked nothing of its sons except not to be denied. The world is grateful to every great man when he brings it something; only the paternal home thanks the son who brings nothing but himself. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

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To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. ↗

— Horace

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Obama likes to quote great men but will never be a great man himself. I can't stand it when our leader goes around apologizing for who we are. ↗

— Joe Wurzelbacher

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There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man. ↗

— Mencius

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The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart. ↗

— Mencius

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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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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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