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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.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Be good and you will be lonely
Be good and you will be lonely
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.
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.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
