Shiva Purana
मद्दत्तो ह्याश्रयः पुंसां महत्त्वायोपजायते ॥ महांतस्तत्स्वरूपं च पश्यंति नेतरेऽशुभाः॥ २१॥
Seeking the support of great men is conducive to greatness. Only great men see its real nature, not others, the inauspicious ones.
english translation
maddatto hyAzrayaH puMsAM mahattvAyopajAyate ॥ mahAMtastatsvarUpaM ca pazyaMti netare'zubhAH॥ 21॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript