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Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
No man was ever great without divine inspiration.
[Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]
No man was ever great without divine inspiration.
[Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.
Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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.
Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,
And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land.
Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,
And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land.
The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.
The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.
