#great men

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck. ↗

— Channing Pollock

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Traditionally the great men of our country have sprung from poor environments; that being so, it would appear we have long suffered from a severe lack of poverty. ↗

— Gerald F. Lieberman

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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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Produce great men, the rest follows. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire. ↗

— Charles Dickens

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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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I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create. ↗

— Yousuf Karsh

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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. ↗

— Yousuf Karsh

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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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