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3 December 2020 Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.

3 December 2020 Thomas Carlyle

I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

3 December 2020 Emma Goldman

Anarchism is the great liberator of man from the phantoms that have held him captive it is the arbiter and pacifier of the two forces for individual and social harmony.

3 December 2020 Anna Letitia Barbauld

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.

3 December 2020 Mitt Romney

Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you have placed in me. It is a great honor. It is an even greater responsibility.

3 December 2020 H. G. Wells

After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true.

3 December 2020 Henry Rollins

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

3 December 2020 Sachin Tendulkar

And that is the reason why this victory is great, because different players have made contributions to the win.

3 December 2020 Huey Newton

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

3 December 2020 Brad Henry

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

3 December 2020 Princess Diana

Hugs can do great amounts of good – especially for children.

3 December 2020 John Ruskin

No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.

3 December 2020 Oliver Wendell Holmes

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

3 December 2020 Anatole France

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream not only plan, but also believe.

3 December 2020 Frank Lloyd Wright

A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart.

3 December 2020 Henry Miller

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.

3 December 2020 Thomas Carlyle

I don’t pretend to understand the Universe – it’s a great deal bigger than I am.

3 December 2020 Madeleine L'Engle

The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.

3 December 2020 Robert Fulghum

It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.

3 December 2020 Victor Hugo

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.

3 December 2020 Aristotle

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

3 December 2020 Soren Kierkegaard

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

3 December 2020 Jean Claude Van Damme

God gave me a great body and it’s my duty to take care of my physical temple.

3 December 2020 Elizabeth Taylor

Marriage is a great institution.

3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it.

3 December 2020 Honore de Balzac

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

3 December 2020 Andy Warhol

It would be very glamorous to be reincarnated as a great big ring on Liz Taylor’s finger.

3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

3 December 2020 Stanley Kubrick

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

3 December 2020 Orison Swett Marden

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

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