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He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man. ↗

— Mencius

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The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart. ↗

— Mencius

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To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

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The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. ↗

— John Ruskin

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

— Homer

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There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste. ↗

— Rebecca West

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Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's eye than a great man be "discovered" by an election. ↗

— Adolf Hitler

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There was never a great man who had not a great mother. ↗

— Olive Schreiner

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The Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man. ↗