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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.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
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.
Burn to be great,
Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone.
The plains are everlasting as read more
Burn to be great,
Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone.
The plains are everlasting as the hills,
The bard cannot have two pursuits; aught else
Comes on the mind with the like shock as though
Two worlds had gone to war, and met in air.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Be good and you will be lonely
Be good and you will be lonely
