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Be good and you will be lonely
Be good and you will be lonely
The price of greatness is responsibility.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
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.]
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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.
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.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of
greatness.
We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of
greatness.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
