Random Quotes
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All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.Alexis Carrel
The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great man were made by his fortune, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude.C. C. Colton
The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.Confucius
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.Ralph Waldo Emerson
The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men around to his opinion twenty years later.Ralph Waldo Emerson
The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.Kahlil Gibran
There would be no great men if there were no little ones.George Herbert
The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. That is part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure continously without resentment.Elbert Hubbard
In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.Marya Mannes
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.William Penn