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To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
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.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise read more
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.
So let his name through Europe ring!
A man of mean estate,
Who dies as firm as read more
So let his name through Europe ring!
A man of mean estate,
Who dies as firm as Sparta's king,
Because his soul was great.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Great is advertisement! 'tis almost fate;
But, little mushroom-men, of puff-ball fame.
Ah, do you dream to read more
Great is advertisement! 'tis almost fate;
But, little mushroom-men, of puff-ball fame.
Ah, do you dream to be mistaken great
And to be really great are just the same?
