The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.

Max Beerbohm
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  2. Great leaders can see the greatness in others when they can’t see it themselves and lead them to their highest potential they don’t even know. - Roy T. Bennett

  3. When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you. - Walter Payton

  4. It takes a great man to be a good listener. - Calvin Coolidge

  5. Maybe if we stopped trying to achieve movie standards of greatness, we'd be happy with what we have. - Anonymous

More Quotes By Max Beerbohm
  1. Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.

  2. I utilise all my spare moments. I've read twenty-seven of the Hundred Best Books. I collect ferns.

  3. No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.

  4. You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.

  5. There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.

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