T. S. Eliot Quotes, Greatness Quotes, Ice Quotes

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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In a narrow sphere great men are blunderers.

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I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness, And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting.

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Greatness of spirit is accompanied by simplicity and sincerity.

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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.

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You are destined to become the peer of those you most respect because the greatness you perceive in them is your own.

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There are people who are so presumptuous that they know no other way to praise a greatness that they publicly admire than by representing it as a preliminary stage and bridge leading to themselves.

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Farewell! a long farewell to all my greatness!

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That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.

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I know I'm capable of greatness, and I'm expecting to reach that level.

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Be not afraid of greatness.

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Those who in this world have the courage to try and solve in their own lives new problems of life, are the ones who raise society to greatness.

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Great is Youth--equally great is Old Age--great are Day and Night. Great is Wealth--great is Poverty--great is Expression-great is Silence.

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The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.

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A man comes to measure his greatness by the regrets, envies and hatreds of his competitors.

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

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Exaggeration, the inseparable companion of greatness.

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Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

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Scientific greatness is less a matter of intelligence than character; if the scientist refuses to compromise or accept incomplete answers and persists in grappling the most basic and difficult questions.

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Great and good are seldom the same man.

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