#great men

Produce great men, the rest follows. ↗

Measured by any standard, white or black, Washington must be regarded today as one of the great men of this country: and in the future he will be so honored. ↗

— Ray Stannard Baker

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Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges. ↗

— Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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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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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

#ask #best #cannot #even #few

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

— Phillips Brooks

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

— Thomas Carlyle

#given #great #great men #his #littleness

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges. ↗