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For he that once is good, is ever great.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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.
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
So let his name through Europe ring!
A man of mean estate,
Who dies as firm as read more
So let his name through Europe ring!
A man of mean estate,
Who dies as firm as Sparta's king,
Because his soul was great.
He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
had a very low standard of read more
He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
had a very low standard of it in his mind.
- William Hazlitt,
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 men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.