The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually are pretty terrible people.

Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.

There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.

Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events.

Gutenberg and Richter were very great men.

Great hopes make great men.