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.

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.

Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.

Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.

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.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,

No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,

The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
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The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.

Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.

Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.