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That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise read more
That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise nor pelf:
Content to know and be unknown:
Whole in himself.
The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.
The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.
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.
He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds
us of others.
He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds
us of others.
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.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
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.
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.
