Alexander the great

For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

All great art, and today all great artlessness, must appear extreme to the mass of men, as we know them today. It springs from the anguish of great souls. From the souls of men not formed, but deformed in factories whose inspiration is pelf.

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion

A man is as great as the dreams he dreams, As great as the love he bears As greatas the values he redeems, And the happiness he shares. A man is as great as thethoughts he thinks, As the worth he has attained As the fountains at which hisspirit drinks And the insight he has gained. A man is as great as the truth hespeaks, As great as the help he gives, As great as the destiny he seeks, As great asthe life he lives.