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Greatness does
not approach him who is forever looking down.
-- Hitopadesa
600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable
From Panchatantra
A great man's
greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
-- Eric Hoffer
1902-1983, American Author,
Philosopher
To have a
great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have
never tried it; those who have, fear it.
-- Horace
BC 65-8, Italian Poet
After a fellow
gets famous it does not take long for someone to bob up that
used to sit next to him in school.
-- Kin Hubbard
1868-1930, American Humorist,
Journalist
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There is a
sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire
mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as
well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece,
seen too near, is appalling.
-- Victor Hugo
1802-1885, French Poet,
Dramatist, Novelist
Great woman
belong to history and to self sacrifice.
-- Leigh Hunt
1784-1859, British Poet,
Essayist
He was dull in
a new way, and that made many think him great.
-- Samuel Johnson
1709-1784, British Author
No one ever
became great by imitation.
-- Samuel Johnson
1709-1784, British Author
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