What? A great man? I only ever see the ape of his own ideal.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.

William Hazlitt

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Only when there are things a man will not do is he capable of doing great things.

Mencius

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The big man in a small village is the big ship in a small lake! Let him sail to the vast oceans!

Mehmet Murat ildan

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Even great men bow before the Sun; it melts hubris into humility.

Dejan Stojanovic

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Mankind ought constantly to be striving to produce Great Men --this and nothing else is its duty

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Great men don't nessarily make good husbands.

Lisa Kleypas

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Great men's value increases with age.

Habeeb Akande

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Great men speak secrets about themselves with nods and gestures, walking away from jokes about women rather than condemn the jokester; if with a woman, the turning of their head during a nude scene in a movie speaking volumes about their character without ever saying a word. It is a language foreign to women, but those that take the time to learn it find themselves knowing more about their man than by any other means.

Lee Goff

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Tom's cowardice was as huge as his courage, as it must be in great men.

John Steinbeck

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