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Great men are but life-sized. Most of them, indeed, are rather short.

Max Beerbohm

He is greatest who is most often in mens good thoughts.

Samuel Butler

Men worship the shows of great men; the most disbelieve that there is any reality of great men to worship.

Thomas Carlyle

Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds.

Charles Caleb Colton

Great offices will have great talents.

William Cowper

The greatest spirits are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Descartes

Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.

John Dryden

Let him be great, and love shall follow him.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men round to his opinion twenty years later.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Wisdom Quote

Things don't change. You change your way of looking, that's all.

- Carlos Castaneda

Love Quote

One love, one heart, one destiny.

- Bob Marley

Unhappiness Quote

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

- Marilyn Monroe

Life Quote

Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.

- Publilius Syrus

Funny Quote

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.

- Phyllis Diller

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