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 We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of 
greatness.  
 We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of 
greatness. 
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.
First we make our habits, then our habits make us.
First we make our habits, then our habits make us.
 The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will 
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 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 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.
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
 Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is 
because there is an Infinite in him, which read more 
 Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is 
because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning 
he cannot quite bury under the Finite.