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Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.
Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.
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.
Great is advertisement! 'tis almost fate;
But, little mushroom-men, of puff-ball fame.
Ah, do you dream to read more
Great is advertisement! 'tis almost fate;
But, little mushroom-men, of puff-ball fame.
Ah, do you dream to be mistaken great
And to be really great are just the same?
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
