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Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.
Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.
The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow read more
The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?
An old man in love is like a flower in winter
An old man in love is like a flower in winter
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal read more
Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal substance of his greatness,--
To which I leave him.
It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.
[Fr., Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes d'avoir read more
It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.
[Fr., Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes d'avoir de grands
defauts.]
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
