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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.
It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.
[Fr., Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes d'avoir read more
It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.
[Fr., Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes d'avoir de grands
defauts.]
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
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.]
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
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.]
We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of
greatness.
We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of
greatness.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
Be good and you will be lonely
Be good and you will be lonely
