Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.


Lacon, Or, Many Things in Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think (ed. 1836)

Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.

Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.

Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.

Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.