
“No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.”
Source: A Farewell to Arms (1929)
Source: The Godfather
“No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.”
Source: A Farewell to Arms (1929)
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.”
Malvolio, Act II, scene v.
Variant: Some are born great, others achieve greatness.
Source: Twelfth Night (1601)
“The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.”
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858)
“Nothing great is done without great men, and they are great because they wanted it.”
On ne fait rien de grand sans de grands hommes, et ceux-ci le sont pour l'avoir voulu.
in Vers l’armée de métier.
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