The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>