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« That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise nor pelf:
Content to know and be unknown:
Whole in himself. »― Robert Bulwer-Lytton
🔗 · https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/746687695945973760/that-man-is-great-and-he-alone-who-serves-a
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« Unseen hands delay
The coming of what oft seems close in ken,
And, contrary, the moment, when we say
"'Twill never come!" comes on us even then. »― Robert Bulwer-Lytton
🔗 · https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/761176045428883456/unseen-hands-delay-the-coming-of-what-oft-seems
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« We are but as the instrument of Heaven.
Our work is not design, but destiny. »― Robert Bulwer-Lytton
🔗 · https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/760725975419043840/we-are-but-as-the-instrument-of-heaven-our-work
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