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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal read more
Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal substance of his greatness,--
To which I leave him.
The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
get himself made out of read more
The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
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.]
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
