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Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
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.
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.
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
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.
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.
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.
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.
