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“Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding the secret to another soul.”

Men Soul Secret Greatness Planets Great Men Confiding

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)

“The present age delights in unearthing a great man's secrets; for one thing because we like to temper our admiration and also perhaps we have a vague hope of finding a clue to genius in such "revelations."”

Men Age Secret One Thing Genius Findings Delight Revelations Great Men Admiration Temper Vague Clue

Author:Andre Malraux

“Intemperance is a dangerous companion. It throws many people off their guard, betrays them to a great many indecencies, to ruinous passions, to disadvantages in fortune; makes them discover secrets, drive foolish bargains, engage in play, and often to stagger from the tavern to the stews.”

People Play Passion Secret Dangerous Fortune Foolish Great Men Companion Betray Bargains Disadvantages Drunkenness Stew Taverns Intemperance

Book:Essays upon several moral subjects

Source: Essays upon several moral subjects

“The good diarist writes either for himself alone or for a posterity so distant that it can safely hear every secret and justly weigh every motive. For such an audience there is need neither of affectation nor of restraint. Sincerity is what they ask, detail, and volume; skill with the pen comes in conveniently, but brilliance is not necessary; genius is a hindrance even; and should you know your business and do it manfully, posterity will let you off mixing with great men, reporting famous affairs, or having lain with the first ladies in the land.”

Source: Collected essays

“I distrust Great Men... I believe in aristocracy, though... Its members are to be found in all nations and classes, and all through the ages, and there is a secret understanding between them when they meet... They are sensitive for others as well as for themselves, they are considerate without being fussy, their pluck is not swankiness but the power to endure, and they can take a joke.”

Men Believe Wells Age Found I Believe Nations Understanding Secret Class Members Jokes Endure I Believe In Sensitive Great Men Distrust Aristocracy Pluck Considerate Fussy

Author:E. M. Forster