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Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
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.]
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.
Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
When man to man shall be friend and brother.
When man to man shall be friend and brother.
The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
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The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.
Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.
Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.