Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty soli

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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I am concerned for the security of our great Nation not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within. – Douglas MacArthur

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There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke. – Vincent Van Gogh

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The great proof of madness is the disproportion of ones designs to ones means. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. – George Eliot

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