#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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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 distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper. ↗

— E. M. Forster

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It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. ↗

— Charles Dickens

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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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Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#ask #best #cannot #even #few

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. ↗