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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.
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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.
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Great merit, or great failings, will make you respected or despised; but trifles, little attentions, mere nothings, either done or neglected, will make you either liked or disliked in the general run of the world.
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Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.
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Great sex is wonderful while it's happening, but who remembers great sex they had in 1983?
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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street.
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
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Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
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Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime . Not failure, but low aim is crime.
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Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.
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Gregariousness is always the refuge of mediocrities, whether they swear by Soloviev or Kant or Marx. Only individuals seek the truth, and they shun those whose sole concern is not the truth.
Doctor Zhivago -
Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
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Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it.
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Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.
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Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment.
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