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Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.
Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
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.
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.]
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
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.
He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds
us of others.
He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds
us of others.
