You May Also Like / View all maxioms
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
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.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be read more
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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.
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.
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.]
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
