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“A great many wise sayings have been uttered about the effects of solitary retirement; but the motives which impel men to seek it are not more various than the effects which it produces on different individuals. One thing is certain, that those who can with truth affirm that they are "never less alone than when alone," might generally add that they never feel more lonely than when not alone.”

Source: Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd

“When it is impossible to stretch the very elastic threads of historical ratiocination any farther, when actions are clearly contrary to all that humanity calls right or even just, the historians produce a saving conception of 'greatness.' 'Greatness,' it seems, excludes the standards of right and wrong. For the 'great' man nothing is wrong, there is no atrocity for which a 'great' man can be blamed.”

Men Seems Action Humanity Impossible Greatness Produce Standards Historical Contrary Saving Great Men Conception Historian Thread Atrocities

Book:War and Peace

Source: War and Peace

“I have visited many countries, and have been in cities without number, yet never did I enter a town which could not produce ten or twelve little great men; all fancying themselves known to the rest of the world, and complimenting each other upon their extensive reputation.”

Men World Littles Has Beens Country Numbers Cities Known Produce Ten Towns Reputation Great Men Compliment Twelve

Book:The citizen of the world

Source: The citizen of the world

“It is when their age of passions is past that great men produce their masterpieces, just as it is after volcanic eruptions that the soil is most fertile.”

Men Age Past Passion Produce Soil Great Men Masterpiece Fertile Eruption Volcanic Eruptions

Book:The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort

Source: The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort

“American politics can produce great men and women, but it is profoundly insular.”

Men Produce Men And Women Great Men American Politics

Author:George Packer

“Produce great men, the rest follows.”

Men Leadership Example Produce Productions Great Men

Author:Walt Whitman