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The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Be good and you will be lonely
Be good and you will be lonely
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.
The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
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The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.
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.
