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No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
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.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
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.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
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.
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.
