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Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,
And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land.
Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,
And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land.
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.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
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.
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.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
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.
