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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 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.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
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.]
For he that once is good, is ever great.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
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.
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.
