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.

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.

So let his name through Europe ring!
A man of mean estate,
Who dies as firm as read more

So let his name through Europe ring!
A man of mean estate,
Who dies as firm as Sparta's king,
Because his soul was great.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.