Great lies are as great as great truths, and prevail constantly and day after day. Thackeray.
Great lords have great hands, but they do not reach to heaven. Dan. Pr.
Great Mammon!—greatest god below the sky. Spenser.
Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy. Arist.
Great men are among the best gifts which God bestows upon a people. G. S. Hillard.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. Schopenhauer.
Great men are more distinguished by range and extent than by originality. Emerson.
Great men are never sufficiently known but in 5 struggles. Burke.
Great men are not always wise. Bible.
Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges. T. W. Higginson.