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    That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
    capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
    [Lat., Urit enim fulgore suo qui praegravat artes
    Intra se positas; extinctus amabitur idem.]

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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.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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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.

by Isaac D'israeli Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

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A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great
occasions.

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great
occasions.

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If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. read more

If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you.

by T. Alan Armstrong Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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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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Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.

Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.

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Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

by Truman Capote Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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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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