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Man's greatness lies in his power of thought. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America. ↗

— Mitt Romney

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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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Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. ↗

— Wilma Rudolph

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It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

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The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small. ↗

— Peabo Bryson

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