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For he that once is good, is ever great.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
 The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will 
get himself made out of read more 
 The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will 
get himself made out of anything he finds at hand. 
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
 Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is 
because there is an Infinite in him, which read more 
 Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is 
because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning 
he cannot quite bury under the Finite. 
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
 Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,
 And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land.  
 Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,
 And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land. 
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.
 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. 
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.