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No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. – William Hazlitt

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The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough. – William Hazlitt

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We have a harder way to succeed in life as Serbs because of the past that we had and because of the history we had. – Novak Djokovic

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Our cultures obsession with vintage objects has rendered us unable to separate history from nostalgia. People want heart. They want a chaser of emotion with their aesthetics. – Sloane Crosley

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Americans believe with all their heart, the vast majority of them, and the vast majority of Floridians, that the United States of America is simply the single greatest nation in all of human history. – Marco Rubio

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When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. – Eugene V. Debs

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With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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The truth doesnt hurt unless it ought to. – B. C. Forbes

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First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they dont come, I choose the ones that pay the rent. – Michael Caine

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Tis not to see the world
As from a height, with rapt prophetic eyes,
And heart profoundly stirred;
And weep, and feel the fullness of the past,
The years that are not more. – Matthew Arnold

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