Not every great man is a great human being.

[Nicht jeder große Mann is ein großer Mensch.]

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916) Austrian writer
Aphorisms [Aphorismen], No. 267 (1880) [tr. Scrase/Mieder (1994)]
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(Source (German)). Alternate translation:

Not every great man is a grand human being.
[tr. Wister (1883)]


 
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