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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.
Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be read more
Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness but it is greatness.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
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.
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
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.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
