Short quotations about, great - Page 2

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There is a great deal of difference…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. Great short quote and quotation by: G. K. Chesterton , English author & mystery novelist (1874 – 1936)

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Demosthenes, Olynthiac

There is a great deal of wishful th…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases; it is the easiest thing of all to deceive one?s self. Great short quote and quotation by: Demosthenes, Olynthiac , Greek orator & politician in Athens (384 BC – 322 BC)

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There is no despair so absolute as …

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope. Great short quote and quotation by: George Eliot , English novelist (1819 – 1880)

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There is no great genius without so…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no great genius without some touch of madness. Great short quote and quotation by: Seneca, Epistles , Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC – 65 AD)

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There is no great genius free from …

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no great genius free from some tincture of madness. Great short quote and quotation by: Seneca , Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC – 65 AD)

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There is no great concurrence betwe…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom Great short quote and quotation by: Sir Francis Bacon , English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

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There would be no great men if ther…

25 Feb , 2014  

There would be no great men if there were no little ones. Great short quote and quotation by: George Herbert , English clergyman & metaphysical poet (1593 – 1633)

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Elie Wiesel, Chicago Sun-Times, November 5, 2001

They were going to die. They knew i…

25 Jan , 2014  

They were going to die. They knew it, and their last words were I love you. Even in great pain, their last words were of love… People who could have saved themselves and they ran back in to save others instead. If humanity is capable of that, how can I lose hope in humanity? Great […]

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Ho Chi Minh, When asked how Vietnam could possibly wage war against the West.

They will kill a great many of us. …

25 Jan , 2014  

They will kill a great many of us. We will kill a few of them. They will tire of it first. Great short quote and quotation by: Ho Chi Minh, When asked how Vietnam could possibly wage war against the West. ,

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Captain J. A. Hadfield

This art of resting the mind and th…

17 Dec , 2013  

This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men. Great short quote and quotation by: Captain J. A. Hadfield ,

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Dorothy Parker, book review

This is not a novel to be tossed as…

14 Jun , 2013  

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force. Great short quote and quotation by: Dorothy Parker, book review , US author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 – 1967)

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This is not a novel to be tossed as…

14 Jun , 2013  

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force. Great short quote and quotation by: Dorothy Parker , US author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 – 1967)

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