#greatman — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #greatman, aggregated by home.social.
-
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 276 (1955)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/82838/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #death #decline #dying #greatness #hero #history #mortality #posterity #potential #timeliness #goodtiming #timing #greatman #greatperson
-
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 276 (1955)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/82838/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #death #decline #dying #greatness #hero #history #mortality #posterity #potential #timeliness #goodtiming #timing #greatman #greatperson
-
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 276 (1955)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/82838/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #death #decline #dying #greatness #hero #history #mortality #posterity #potential #timeliness #goodtiming #timing #greatman #greatperson
-
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 276 (1955)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/82838/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #death #decline #dying #greatness #hero #history #mortality #posterity #potential #timeliness #goodtiming #timing #greatman #greatperson
-
A quotation from Josh Billings
This haz alwus bin the rule, and alwus will be — no man iz grate unless he iz good.
[This has always been the rule, and always will be — no man is great unless he is good.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 281 “Variety: Bred and Butter” (1874)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/billings-josh/77316/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #fame #goodperson #goodness #greatman #greatperson #greatness #morality
-
A quotation from Bertrand Russell
The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 1 “What Makes People Unhappy?” (1930)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/757…
#quote #quotes #quotation #ego #fear #fearsomeness #greatman #greatness #history #lunacy #madness #megalomania #narcissism #power