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“The Little Man does not know that he is little, and he is afraid of knowing it. He covers up his smallness and narrowness with illusions of strength and greatness...”

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Author:Wilhelm Reich

“The use of great men is to serve the little men, to take care of the human race, and act as practical interpreters of justice and truth.”

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Book:The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Discourses of politics

Source: The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Discourses of politics

“To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.”

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Author:Edgar Allan Poe

“The great man is too often all of a piece; it is the little man that is a bundle of contradictory elements. He is inexhaustible. You never come to the end of the surprises he has in store for you.”

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Author:W. Somerset Maugham

“A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.”