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To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
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.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
Burn to be great,
Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone.
The plains are everlasting as read more
Burn to be great,
Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone.
The plains are everlasting as the hills,
The bard cannot have two pursuits; aught else
Comes on the mind with the like shock as though
Two worlds had gone to war, and met in air.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
