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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.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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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.

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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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.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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Great and good are seldom the same man.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

by Thomas Fuller, M.d. Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.

Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.

by Greek Proverb Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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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.

by Lord Lytton Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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