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greatness means wants
It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent so much as the smallness of his wants William Cobbett
greatness using
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength. Henry Ward Beecher
greatness last
I thought we showed some greatness last night. Joe Paterno
greatness misery prove
All of our miseries prove our greatness. They are the miseries of a dethroned monarch. Blaise Pascal
greatness men ignorant
It is of dangerous consequence to represent to man how near he is to the level of beasts, without showing him at the same time his greatness. It is likewise dangerous to let him see his greatness without his meanness. It is more dangerous yet to leave him ignorant of either; but very beneficial that he should be made sensible of both.
greatness men tree
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.
greatness men touching
A man does not show his greatness by being at one extremity, but rather by touching both at once.
greatness men class
The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries.
greatness men feelings
Those who profess contempt for men, and put them on a level with beasts, yet wish to be admired and believed by men, and contradict themselves by their own feelings--their nature, which is stronger than all, convincing them of the greatness of man more forcibly than reason convinces them of his baseness.