Israel Meir Kagan quotes
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“The sign of a great man is that the closer you get, the greater he seems.”
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“The world says that time is money, but I say that money is time. In order to earn enough money to satisfy his desires, one must sacrifice inordinate amounts of time. For me, that sacrifice is too great.”
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“Darkness is not chased away with sticks, not even cannons. One simply lights a small candle and the darkness flees before it.”
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“Therefore, it is forbidden to say anything to anyone that might cause animosity between any two people.”
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“No great thought, no great object, satisfies the mind at first view, nor at the last.”
Source : Abel Stevens (1881). “Madame de Staël, a Study of Her Life and Times: The First Revolution and the First Empire”
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“A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.”
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Source : A. E. Housman (2012). “A Shropshire Lad”, p.43, Courier Corporation
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“Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves.”
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