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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.]
Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,
And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land.
Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,
And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.
Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.
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.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
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.
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.
