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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.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds
us of others.
He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds
us of others.
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.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.
Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.
Great is advertisement! 'tis almost fate;
But, little mushroom-men, of puff-ball fame.
Ah, do you dream to read more
Great is advertisement! 'tis almost fate;
But, little mushroom-men, of puff-ball fame.
Ah, do you dream to be mistaken great
And to be really great are just the same?
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.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be read more
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
