#great man

To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing. ↗

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No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. ↗

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Mention Hubert Sumlin, as well, because Hubert's a great man, and again, you know, I don't play the guitar very good, but when I'm playing this kind of music, I always have him in my mind. I wish I could play like Hubert. ↗

— Elvis Costello

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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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The Jewish people asked nothing of its sons except not to be denied. The world is grateful to every great man when he brings it something; only the paternal home thanks the son who brings nothing but himself. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

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To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. ↗

— Horace

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A great artist is a great man in a great child. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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The banalities of a great man pass for wit. ↗