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Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
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.
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.
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.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.
[Fr., Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes d'avoir read more
It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.
[Fr., Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes d'avoir de grands
defauts.]
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.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
