"To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness." ― Edgar Allan Poe Topic(s): Great Tags: great, vilify More From Edgar Allan Poe "All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry." "The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led." "Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night." More In Great "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones."― Phillips Brooks "A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one."― Lord John Russell "Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion."― Jack Kerouac