Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic
As quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources (1899) by James Wood, p. 6
“Upstart greatness is everywhere less respected than ancient greatness.”
Source: (1776), Book V, Chapter I, Part II, p. 773.
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