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No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.
[Fr., Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes d'avoir read more
It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.
[Fr., Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes d'avoir de grands
defauts.]
The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
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The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.
No man was ever great without divine inspiration.
[Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]
No man was ever great without divine inspiration.
[Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
