A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.
Tag: William Hazlitt
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Popularity is neither fame nor greatness.
No man is truly great, who is great only in his life-time. The test of greatness is the page of history.
Greatness is great power, producing great effects. It is not enough that a man has great power in himself, he must shew it to all the world in a way that cannot be hid or gainsaid.
Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.
Without the aid of prejudice and custom I should not be able to find my way across the room.
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.