"To know the great men dead is..." - Quote by Elbert Hubbard

“So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.”

“When we really live truth, we will cease to talk about it.”

“Laughter is higher than all pain.”

“You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?”

“Greatness doesn’t come from what you do, but from who you are.”

“It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.”

“A high civilization is a pyramid: it can stand only on a broad base; its primary prerequisite is a strong and soundly consolidated mediocrity.”

“You know better than I that in a Republic talent is always suspect. A man attains an elevated position only when his mediocrity prevents him from being a threat to others. And for this reason a democracy is never governed by the most competent, but rather by those whose insignificance will not jeopardize anyone else's self-esteem.”

“It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.”