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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.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
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.
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.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
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That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise nor pelf:
Content to know and be unknown:
Whole in himself.
