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No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of
greatness.
We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of
greatness.
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.
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.
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
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.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
