"The passing of an ordinary man is sad. The passing of a great man is tragic, and doubly tragic when the greatness passes before the man does."

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Source : Harpo Marx, Rowland Barber (2004). “Harpo Speaks!”, p.400, Hal Leonard Corporation

Harpo Marx

#Greatness Quotes #Men Quotes #Ordinary Quotes

“The dollar is currently the principal reserve currency in the world.”
“Two thousand years from now they'll still be hearing about Elvis Presley.”
“If you are not offending some Pharisees, you are not being effective.”
“When you are lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war”
“You are the cause of your own joy or your own misery. You hold that power. You are your own friend and your own enemy.”
“A room is, after all, a place where you hide from the wolves. That's all any room is.”
“I started to begin to be interested in architecture and design when I was 14 years old, which was pretty early in life. And then I would start to look at architectural magazines and I eventually went to the school of architecture too, but one of the things I learned very early is that an architect should be able to design anything from a spoon to the city.”
“I stand on the shoulders of women who marched before me.”

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