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Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
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.
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 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?
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
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.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
