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    He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
    had a very low standard of it in his mind.
    - William Hazlitt,

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For he that once is good, is ever great.

For he that once is good, is ever great.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who read more

There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

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The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
get himself made out of read more

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

by Gerald Stanley Lee Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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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.

by Charles De Gaulle Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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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.]

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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.

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Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.

Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.

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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.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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