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The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
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.
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.
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., read more
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., Urit enim fulgore suo qui praegravat artes
Intra se positas; extinctus amabitur idem.]
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal read more
Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal substance of his greatness,--
To which I leave him.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
