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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,
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
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.
Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.
Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
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.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
