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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.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Be good and you will be lonely
Be good and you will be lonely
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.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise read more
That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise nor pelf:
Content to know and be unknown:
Whole in himself.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
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.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
