To vilify a great
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness. Edgar Allan Poe
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To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness. Edgar Allan Poe
When a jockey retires, he just becomes another little man Eddie Arcaro
I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man’s pleasure when they come a cropper. E. M. Forster
Great men’s errors are to be venerated as more fruitful than little men’s truths. Friedrich Nietzsche
The \”religion of pity\” to which people would like to convert us- oh, we know well enough the hysterical little men and women who need this religion at present as a veil and an adornment! Friedrich Nietzsche
The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men. Friedrich Nietzsche
Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making. Fred Allen
What a wonderfully exciting cough,’ said the little man, quite startled by it, ‘do you mind if I join you?’ And with that he launched into the most extraordinary and spectacular fit of coughing which caught Arthur so much by surprise that he started to choke violently, discovered he was already doing it and got … Read more
Deftly whipping a small tuning fork from his pocket, he struck it smartly against a pillar and held it next to Jamie’s left ear. Jamie rolled his eyes heavenward, but shrugged and obligingly sang a note. The little man jerked back as though he’d been shot. Diana Gabaldon
Stephanie could see the greed seep into the watery eyes of her father’s other brother, a horrible little man called Fergus, as he nodded sadly and spoke sombrely and pocketed the silverware when he thought no one was looking Derek Landy