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It's great to be great, but its greater to be human.

Will Rogers
Sports, Greatness, Self Respect
Quoted in'A RogersThesaurus' inThe Saturday Review, 25 Aug 1962. Another form of the quote appeared in a syndicated newspaper article,15 Feb1925: 'Heroing is one of the shortestlived professions there is'.
It's great to be great, but its greater to be human.