#great men

The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

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Great men always pay deference to greater. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

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Whether the prayer of Seneca was granted we do not know; but, as we do not again hear of Marcus, it is probable that he died before his father, and that the line of Seneca, like that of so many great men, became extinct in the second generation. ↗

— Frederic William Farrar

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The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead. ↗

— Jules Renard

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Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are. ↗

— Oswald Mosley

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Gutenberg and Richter were very great men. ↗

— Frank Press

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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

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It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

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

— Thomas Carlyle

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

— Thomas Carlyle

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