Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Behind every great fortune, there is a crime.

Often behind a great man there is great pain.

Behind every great man there is a woman rolling her eyes.

A pickpocket is obviously a champion of private enterprise. But it would perhaps be an exaggeration to say that a pickpocket is a champion of private property. The point about Capitalism and Commercialism, as conducted of late, is that they have really preached the extension of business rather than the preservation of belongings; and have at best tried to disguise the pickpocket with some of the virtues of the pirate.

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

Behinf every great man there is a woman rolling her eyes.

It is said that behind every great man lies a great woman. This is because women lie.

The man who is anybody and who does anything is certainly going to be criticized, vilified and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it...

Behind each great man, there's a Richard Delisle.

Every collector is potentially (if not actually) a thief.

When nature removes a great man, people explore the horizon for a successor; but none comes, and none will. His class is extinguished with him. In some other and quite different field the next man will appear.

The man who is anybody and who does anything is certainly going to be criticized, vilified and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness.

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer.