Quotes with great-grandmother

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  • John Ruskin No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a painter or sculptor, he can only be a builder.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Andrew Carnegie No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.
    Andrew Carnegie
    American industrialist (1835 - 1919)
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  • Thomas Carlyle No sadder proof can be given of a person's own tiny stature, than their disbelief in great people.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • William Hazlitt No truly great person ever thought themselves so.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Carlo Goldoni Noble blood is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.
    Pamela Fanciulla, Act I, Scene 6
    Carlo Goldoni
    Italian playwright (1707 - 1793)
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  • Boomer Esiason Nobody, from that standpoint, is any luckier than I am or will ever be any luckier than I am. It's great.
    Boomer Esiason
    American football player (1961 - )
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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • Edward Young None think the great unhappy, but the great.
    Edward Young
    British poet (1683 - 1765)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Charles Dickens Not in our heads but in our hearts lies the power, that leads us to great deeds.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Cardinal De Richelieu Not the least of the qualities that go into the making of a great ruler is the ability of letting others serve him.
    Cardinal De Richelieu
    French clergyman and nobleman (1585 - 1642)
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  • George Meredith Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we paid for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. Little avails that coinage to the old!
    George Meredith
    British Author (1828 - 1909)
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  • Jane Austen Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Epictetus Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Charles de Gaulle Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
    Charles de Gaulle
    French statesman (1890 - 1970)
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  • Plato Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Jeremy Taylor Nothing is greater or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue.
    Jeremy Taylor
    British churchman and writer (1613 - 1667)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do great good or evil without bringing about more of the same on the part of others.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Jonathan Swift Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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