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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.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
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,
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.
No man was ever great without divine inspiration.
[Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]
No man was ever great without divine inspiration.
[Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]
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.
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
