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Be good and you will be lonely
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
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.]
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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.
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
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.