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The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake. ↗

— Nelson Boswell

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There is a melancholy that stems from greatness. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

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All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity. ↗

— James F. Cooper

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Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events. ↗

— John Drinkwater

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Remember, America's greatness is based on creating wealth like the rest of the world has never known, and then, making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged. ↗

— Darrell Issa

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It has to do with the fact that Ford, for all his greatness, is an Irish egomaniac, as anyone who knows him will say. ↗

— Henry Fonda

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Our destiny is greatness and we must return to its fulfillment. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

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The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. ↗

— Simone Weil

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Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common man. ↗

— William Allen White

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Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success. ↗

— Philip Guedalla

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