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To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
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.
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.
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.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
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.
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.]
