No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime.
William HazlittSource: Table-Talk: Essays on Men and Manners (1821)
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No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime.
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All are architects of fate, working in these walls of time
Day: A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent
Peace: In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting
Four seasons fill the measure of the year; there are four seasons in the mind of man
And love is something eternal, it changes its aspect but not its foundation.