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No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
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.]
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
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.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.
The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
