The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.

The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.

Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

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.

That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
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That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise nor pelf:
Content to know and be unknown:
Whole in himself.

For he that once is good, is ever great.

For he that once is good, is ever great.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.

The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.