The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance. 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 Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. 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>
Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>