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Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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.
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is
because there is an Infinite in him, which read more
Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is
because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning
he cannot quite bury under the Finite.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
