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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.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
So let his name through Europe ring!
A man of mean estate,
Who dies as firm as read more
So let his name through Europe ring!
A man of mean estate,
Who dies as firm as Sparta's king,
Because his soul was great.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., read more
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., Urit enim fulgore suo qui praegravat artes
Intra se positas; extinctus amabitur idem.]
We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of
greatness.
We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of
greatness.
