
“They're only truly great who are truly good.”
Revenge for Honour, Act V, scene ii; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Disputed
"The Indian Jugglers"
Table Talk: Essays On Men And Manners http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/TableHazIV.htm (1821-1822)
“They're only truly great who are truly good.”
Revenge for Honour, Act V, scene ii; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Disputed
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 411.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 293.
“Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.”
The Critic as Artist (1891), Part I
On Winston Churchill http://www.amazon.com/review/R7UQOFFBBBUNN/
“Man is not a rational animal. He is only truly good or great when he acts from passion.”
Book 6, chapter 12.
Books, Coningsby (1844), Henrietta Temple (1837)