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The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
Be good and you will be lonely
Be good and you will be lonely
Great is advertisement! 'tis almost fate;
But, little mushroom-men, of puff-ball fame.
Ah, do you dream to read more
Great is advertisement! 'tis almost fate;
But, little mushroom-men, of puff-ball fame.
Ah, do you dream to be mistaken great
And to be really great are just the same?
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
get himself made out of read more
The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., read more
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.]
