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Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
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.]
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
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.
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.
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.
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.