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Be good and you will be lonely
Be good and you will be lonely
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
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.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
had a very low standard of read more
He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
had a very low standard of it in his mind.
- William Hazlitt,
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
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.
