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The great men of the earth are but the marking-stones on the road of humanity; they are the priests of its religion. - Giuseppe Mazzini The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart. - Mencius, Works (bk. IV, pt. II, ch. XII) Are not great men the models of nations? - Owen Meredith (pseudonym of Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, Lord Lytton) By a certain fate, great acts, and great eloquence have most commonly gone hand in hand, equalling and honoring each other in the same ages. - John Milton He alone is worthy of the appellation who either does great things, or teaches how they may be done, or describes them with a suitable majesty when they have been done; but those only are great things which tend to render life more happy, which increase the innocent enjoyments and comforts of existence, or which pave the way to a state of future bliss more permanent and more pure. - John Milton Worthy deeds are not often destitute of worthy relaters; as, by a certain fate, great acts and great eloquence have most commonly gone hand in hand, equalling and honoring each other in the same age. - John Milton Since we cannot attain to greatness, let us revenge ourselves by railing at it. - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne The great are only great because we carry them on our shoulders; when we throw them off they sprawl on the ground. [Fr., Les grands ne sont grands que parceque nous, les portons sur nos epaules; nous n'avons qu' a les secouer pour en joncher la terre.] - Claude Duboscq-Montandre, Point de l'Ovale Great men are meteors, consuming themselves to light the world. - Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) Lives obscurely great. - Henry John Newboldt, Minora Sidera Greatness, thou gaudy torment of out souls, The wise man's fetter, and the rage of fools. - Thomas Otway Greatness is its own torment. - Theodore Parker In all the world there is nothing so remarkable as a great man, nothing so rare, nothing which so well repays study. - Theodore Parker The great man is to be the servant of mankind, not they of him. - Theodore Parker The most useful is the greatest. - Theodore Parker The use of great men is to serve the little men, to take care of the human race, and act as practical interpreters of justice and truth. - Theodore Parker There never was a great truth but it was reverenced; never a great institution, nor a great man, that did not, sooner or later, receive the reverence of mankind. - Theodore Parker Great and small suffer the same mishaps. - Blaise Pascal In a great soul everything is great. - Blaise Pascal That man is great who can use the brains of others to carry on his work. - Donn Piatt To be great one must be positive, and gain strength through foes. - Donn Piatt That man is great who rises to the emergencies of the occasion, and becomes master of the situation. - Donn Platt The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise up. [Fr., Les grands ne sont grands que parceque nous sommes a genoux: relevons nous.] - Prud'homme (Sully), Revolutions de Paris--Prolog There are no small steps in great affairs. - Cardinal de Retz Great souls attract sorrow as mountains do storms. - Jean Paul Friedrich Richter (Johann Paul Richter) (used ps. Jean Paul) Displaying page 6 of 9 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 [6] 7 8 9
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