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The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers
The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers
One may be humble out of pride.
One may be humble out of pride.
Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
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 who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.
The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.
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.
You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
No man was ever great without divine inspiration.
[Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]
No man was ever great without divine inspiration.
[Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]
Don't be so humble--you are not that great.
Don't be so humble--you are not that great.