Be good and you will be lonely

Be good and you will be lonely

Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.

Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.

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

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

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

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

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

It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.
[Fr., Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes d'avoir read more

It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.
[Fr., Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes d'avoir de grands
defauts.]

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.

Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.

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.