You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
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.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Whatever happens, take responsibility.
Whatever happens, take responsibility.
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.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
