#great men

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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First at the outset, let me commend the great men and women of the United States Coast Guard for what they do. ↗

— Vito Fossella

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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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Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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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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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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