“I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.”– John Ruskin Related Quotes “It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.”– Logan P. Smith “Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson “We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn’t think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.”– Dick Gregory