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No sadder proof can be given of a person's own tiny stature, than their disbelief in great people.
Source: On Heroes and Hero-Worship, lecture 1, The Hero as Divinity, 1841.
-- Thomas Carlyle, (Dec 4 1795-1881), Scottish essayist, historian; He was considered one of the era's great sages and man of letters; wrote The French Revolution, 1837.