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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
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.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
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.
There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who read more
There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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.
Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is
because there is an Infinite in him, which read more
Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is
because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning
he cannot quite bury under the Finite.