"Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude." ― Arthur Schopenhauer Topic(s): Great Tags: eagles, great More From Arthur Schopenhauer "The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity." "We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success." "Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection." More In Great "Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary to use many Greek words to which there are none corresponding in Latin."― Marcus V. Pollio "Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest."― Charles Dickens "We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution."― Victor Hugo