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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.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
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.]
Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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.
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 greatness lies in his power of thought.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
