A great man living for high ends is the 70 divinest thing that can be seen on earth. G. S. Hillard.
A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good. Emerson.
A great master always appropriates what is good in his predecessors, and it is this which makes him great. Goethe.
A great observer, and he looks / Quite through the deeds of men. Jul. Cæs., i. 2.
A great reputation is a great noise; the more there is made, the farther off it is heard. Napoleon.
A great revolution is never the fault of the 5 people, but of the government. Goethe.
A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher. Goethe.
A great spirit errs as well as a little one, the former because it knows no bounds, the latter because it confounds its own horizon with that of the universe. Goethe.
A great thing can only be done by a great man, and he does it without effort. Ruskin.
A great thing is a great book, but greater than all is the talk of a great man. Disraeli.