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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.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
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.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds
us of others.
He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds
us of others.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
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.
