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GLOUCESTER: Yet so much is my poverty of spirit, So mighty and so many my defects, As I had rather hide me from my greatness, Being a bark to brook no mighty sea, Than in my greatness covet to be hid, And in the vapour of my glory smother'd. But God be thanked. . . .

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The great man is not convulsible or tormentable; events pass over him without much impression.

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There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

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The stream will not permanently rise higher than the main source; and the main source of national power and national greatness is found in the average citizenship of the nation. Therefore it behooves us to do our best to see that the standard of the average citizen is kept high; and the average cannot be kept high unless the standard of the leaders is very much higher.

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I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.

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Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.

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The Constitution was not made to fit us like a straitjacket. In its elasticity lies its chief greatness.

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Men achieve a certain greatness unawares when working to another aim.

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For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness.

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It is moments like these that force us to try harder, and dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we had - to find the greatness that lies within each of us.

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Exaggeration, the inseparable companion of greatness.

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Greatness is one of the sensations of littleness

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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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Imitation is the homage mediocrity pays to greatness.

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See simplicity in the complicated. Achieve greatness in little things

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The magnitude of a progress is gauged by the greatness of the sacrifice that it requires.

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America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.

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Let him be great, and love shall follow him.

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She died chasing greatness and never saw it each time it was in her hand, so she kept seeking it elsewhere, but never understood the work required to get it or to keep it.

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....for friendships that are acquired by a price and not by greatness and nobility of character are purchased but are not owned, and at the proper moment they cannot be spent.

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