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Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
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That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., Urit enim fulgore suo qui praegravat artes
Intra se positas; extinctus amabitur idem.]
