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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
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,
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.
We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of
greatness.
We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of
greatness.
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 bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
