Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.
There are two types of men: the great and the small.
Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
Mountains are like the great equalizer. It doesn't matter who anyone is or what they do.
Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.
Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.
Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events.
I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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