“Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.”
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“Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.”
“Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.”
“Trust men and they will be true to you treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.”
“Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.”
“There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.”
“The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.”
“Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.”
“A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.”
“Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.”
“Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.”
“An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.”
“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.”
“When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.”
“The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.”
“A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.”
“No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.”
“A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.”
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet.”
“Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.”
“In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.”
“There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.”
“Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.”
“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.”