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2471.
Greatness in sway of state gives wings t' aspire
First Line:
Greatness in sway of state gives wings t' aspire
Last Line:
Advancement feeds ambition with desire
DMI number:
14958
2472.
Greatness is but the shadow of the beams
First Line:
Greatness is but the shadow of the beams
Last Line:
Work near enough to set itself on fire
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
14979
2473.
Greatness most envied when least understood
First Line:
Greatness most envied when least understood
Last Line:
To be more wretched than the vulgar can
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
18992
2474.
Greatness must keep those arts by which it grew
First Line:
Greatness must keep those arts by which it grew
Last Line:
And ever what it wills or fears make true
Author:
Fulke Greville (Absolute)
DMI number:
14968
2475.
Greatness of mind and fortune too
First Line:
Greatness of mind and fortune too
Last Line:
Fame and public love to gain
DMI number:
40091
2476.
Greatness the earnest of malicious fate
First Line:
Greatness the earnest of malicious fate
Last Line:
Till time had quenched both life and love together
Author:
Thomas Southerne (Absolute)
DMI number:
19936
2477.
Greatness thou gaudy torment of our souls
First Line:
Greatness thou gaudy torment of our souls
Last Line:
The wise man's fetter and the rage of fools
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18991
2478.
Greatness thou gaudy torment of our souls
First Line:
Greatness thou gaudy torment of our souls
Last Line:
The wise man's fetter and the range of fools
DMI number:
39651
2479.
Greatness we owe to fortune or to fate
First Line:
Greatness we owe to fortune or to fate
Last Line:
But wisdom only can secure a state
DMI number:
41625
2480.
Greatness we owe to fortune or to fate
First Line:
Greatness we owe to fortune or to fate
Last Line:
But wisdom only can secure that state
DMI number:
39652
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