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Every great man I have known had something small in his make-up; and it was that small something which prevented inactivity or madness or suicide.
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The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.
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I would not believe that man is a mediocre simply because he kills the criminals and the prophets.
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Tolerance is love sick with the sickness of haughtiness.
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