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A quotation not from Thomas Carlyle

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the path of the weak, becomes a steppingstone in the path of the strong.

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish essayist and historian
(Misattributed)

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A quotation from Shakespeare

MALVOLIO:                                                             In my
   stars I am above thee, but be not afraid of greatness.
   Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and
   some have greatness thrust upon ’em.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
Twelfth Night, Act 2, Sc. 5, l. 147ff (2.5.147–150) (1601)

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A quotation from Shakespeare

MALVOLIO:                                                             In my
   stars I am above thee, but be not afraid of greatness.
   Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and
   some have greatness thrust upon ’em.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
Twelfth Night, Act 2, Sc. 5, l. 147ff (2.5.147–150) (1601)

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A quotation from Shakespeare

MALVOLIO:                                                             In my
   stars I am above thee, but be not afraid of greatness.
   Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and
   some have greatness thrust upon ’em.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
Twelfth Night, Act 2, Sc. 5, l. 147ff (2.5.147–150) (1601)

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A quotation from Shakespeare

MALVOLIO:                                                             In my
   stars I am above thee, but be not afraid of greatness.
   Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and
   some have greatness thrust upon ’em.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
Twelfth Night, Act 2, Sc. 5, l. 147ff (2.5.147–150) (1601)

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A quotation from Terence

DEMEA: No one has ever plotted out his life’s plan so successfully that he never faces
   New challenges and discoveries brought about by circumstances, the passing of time,
   Or experience itself. Inevitably, you discover you don’t know what you thought you did,
   And the principles we first formed don’t hold up in the face of everyday practice.
 
[Nunquam ita quisquam bene subducta ratione ad vitam fuit
Quia res, Ætas usus semper aliquid apportet novi
Aliquid moneat, ut illa, quæ te scire credas, nescias
Et, quæ tibi putaris prima, in experiundo ut repudies.]

Terence (186?-159 BC) African-Roman dramatist [Publius Terentius Afer]
Adelphoe [Adelphoi; Adelphi; The Brothers], Act 5, sc. 4, l. 855ff (160 BC) [tr. Christenson (2010), Sc. 22]

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