#great souls

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

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He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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Great souls suffer in silence. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

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Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them. ↗

— Jean Paul

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Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls. ↗

— Antoine Rivarol

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Valor is common but great souls are rare. ↗

— Bernard Joseph Saurin

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To live alone is the fate of all great souls. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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