He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds
us of others.

He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds
us of others.

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.]

Be good and you will be lonely

Be good and you will be lonely

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.

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.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.

Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.

Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.