#great man

The banalities of a great man pass for wit. ↗

— Alexander Chase

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It takes a great man to be a good listener. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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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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Maybe I'm not a great man but I damn well want to break the record. ↗

— Roger Maris

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

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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

— Logan P. Smith

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