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There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who read more
There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be read more
Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness but it is greatness.
Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops read more
Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fibre.
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes read more
You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.
It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.
[Fr., Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes d'avoir read more
It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.
[Fr., Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes d'avoir de grands
defauts.]
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
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.
