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A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great
occasions.
A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great
occasions.
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Burn to be great,
Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone.
The plains are everlasting as read more
Burn to be great,
Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone.
The plains are everlasting as the hills,
The bard cannot have two pursuits; aught else
Comes on the mind with the like shock as though
Two worlds had gone to war, and met in air.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
