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For he that once is good, is ever great.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
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.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
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.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
