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Quotes about greatness
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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. (Bikel Theodore)
Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice. (Bikel Theodore)
He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great. (Bikel Theodore)
No one ever became great by imitation. (Bikel Theodore)
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little. (Bikel Theodore)
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. (Bikel Theodore)
Neither wealth or greatness render us happy. (Bikel Theodore)
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die. (Bikel Theodore)
Great men always pay deference to greater. (Bikel Theodore)
I want to be great, something special. (Bikel Theodore)
There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself. (Bikel Theodore)
Traditionally the great men of our country have sprung from poor environments; that being so, it would appear we have long suffered from a severe lack of poverty. (Bikel Theodore)
Whatever you are, be a good one. (Bikel Theodore)
In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not. (Bikel Theodore)
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires. (Bikel Theodore)
Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised as a god. (Bikel Theodore)
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves or their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others. (Bikel Theodore)
The first step toward greatness is to be honest. (Bikel Theodore)
The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death. (Bikel Theodore)
Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness. (Bikel Theodore)
Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies. (Bikel Theodore)
A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort. (Bikel Theodore)
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. (Bikel Theodore)
It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god. (Bikel Theodore)
He is not great who is not greatly good. (Bikel Theodore)
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