A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.
There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.
I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else.
One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.
When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.
A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.
The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.