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    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.

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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.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,

No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,

by William Hazlitt Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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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.]

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The price of greatness is responsibility.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

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To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

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There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a read more

There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.

by Buck Rodgers Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be read more

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness but it is greatness.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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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.]

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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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