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You will
become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your
dominant aspiration.
-- James Allen
1864-1912, British-born
American Essayist, Author of ''As a Man Thinketh''
Great men are
true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not
extraordinary -- they are in the true order. It is the other
species of men who are not what they ought to be.
-- Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher,
Poet, Critic
Greatness is a
spiritual condition.
-- Matthew Arnold
1822-1888, British Poet,
Critic
The first
element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should
not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from
self; the third is intrepid courage, which, taken in its
widest interpretation, generally goes with truth; and the
fourth --the power to love --although I have put it last, is
the rarest.
-- Margot Asquith
1864-1945, British Socialite
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We shall never
resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative
foundations of greatness and that greatness itself.
-- Jean Baudrillard
French Postmodern
Philosopher, Writer
Because you
are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius.
You took the trouble to be born, but no more.
-- Pierre De Beaumarchais
1732-1799, French Dramatist
The dullard's
envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion
that they will come to a bad end.
-- Sir Max Beerbohm
1872-1956, British Actor
Great men are
not always wise.
-- Bible
Sacred Scriptures of
Christians and Judaism
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