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Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Not Disraeli but La Rochefoucauld; it is Maxim 308 in his Reflections.
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François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
On a fait une vertu de la modération pour borner l’ambition des grands hommes, et pour consoler les gens médiocres de leur peu de fortune, et de leur peu de mérite.
Maxim 308.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
380
Daybreak — Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality (1881)
“Only great men have great faults.”
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes d'avoir de grands défauts.
Maxim 190.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
“The great consolation of righteousness is never having to worry whether you’re a bore.”
James Richardson (1950) American poet
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