That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise read more

That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise nor pelf:
Content to know and be unknown:
Whole in himself.

So let his name through Europe ring!
A man of mean estate,
Who dies as firm as read more

So let his name through Europe ring!
A man of mean estate,
Who dies as firm as Sparta's king,
Because his soul was great.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

For he that once is good, is ever great.

For he that once is good, is ever great.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
had a very low standard of read more

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
had a very low standard of it in his mind.
- William Hazlitt,

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.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.