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That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., read more
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., Urit enim fulgore suo qui praegravat artes
Intra se positas; extinctus amabitur idem.]
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
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,
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.