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The price of greatness is responsibility.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
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.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
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.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
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 people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
