Famous Quotes | ‘Tis certain, greatness, once...

‘Tis certain, greatness, once fallen out with fortune,
Must fall out with men too. What the declined is,
He shall as soon read in the eyes of others
As feel in his own fall.
- William Shakespeare
Attribution: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Achilles, in Troilus and Cressida, act 3, sc. 3, l. 75-8. On finding he is ignored by the other Greek generals.

Categories: Decline, Dramatist, Fortune, Greatness

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