Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They

Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary — they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great. – Edmund Burke

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