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No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
had a very low standard of read more
He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
had a very low standard of it in his mind.
- William Hazlitt,
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.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
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.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
No man was ever great without divine inspiration.
[Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]
No man was ever great without divine inspiration.
[Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]
