#great men

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create. ↗

— Yousuf Karsh

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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. ↗

— Yousuf Karsh

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The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually are pretty terrible people. ↗

— John Keegan

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Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics. ↗

— Cesare Lombroso

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Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time. ↗

— Sydney Smith

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Great men always pay deference to greater. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

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