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There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks.

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Great men are more distinguished by range and extent than by originality.

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Great occasions rouse even the lowest of human beings to some kind of greatness, but he alone is the really great man whose character is great always, the same wherever he be.

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Should I, after tea and cakes and ices, Have the strength to force the moment to its crisis? But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed, Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter, I am no prophet--and here's no great matter; I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, And in short, I was afraid.

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Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.

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The measure of a country's greatness should be based on how well it cares for its most vulnerable populations.

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There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

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A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent, so that if he does not attain to their greatness, at any rate he will get some tinge of it.

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Failure is a stepping-stone to greatness.

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All my life I have always known I was born to greatness.

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To play down mothering as small is to crack the very foundation on which greatness stands.

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In a narrow sphere great men are blunderers.

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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

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Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.

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The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.

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Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable.

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A man is a great thing upon the earth and through eternity; but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman.

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To seek greatness outside yourself is turn your back on the treasure within.

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Education has a tremendous power on man. Can't we see to which astonishing disciple the people of Sparte have submitted ("s'est plié", Fr.) for centuries, and this with a view to very petty purposes: purely outer greatness, the military predominace of Sparte. This example proves that man can everything on themselves when they want it ("peuvent tout sur eux-mêmes quand ils le veulent", Fr.); therefore it would only be a question of making them will the good.

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Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die.

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