Quotes 8501 till 8520 of 12035.
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The greatest joys are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in what we hope for.
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The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.
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The greatest men have not always the best heads; many indiscretions may be pardoned to a brilliant and ardent imagination. The prudence and discretion of a cold heart are not worth half so much as the follies of an ardent mind.
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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
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The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
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The greatest obstacle to the welfare state is not greed but private charity that makes the welfare state irrelevant; the greatest obstacle to re-education of children in the name of the collective is allegiance to a higher power. More than that, the greatest obstacle to the state as god is an actual God above the state.
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The greatest Part of Business of the World, is the Effect of not thinking.
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The greatest poem is not that which is most skillfully constructed, but that in which there is the most poetry.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended - and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.
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The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.
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The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak.
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The greatest wisdom doesn't know itself. The richest plan is not to have one.
Source: Liefdesmedicijn (2010) 66 -
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
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The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
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The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.
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The Greenham women left home for peace: 'Not in our name!' they cried. And in doing so, they spoke for millions.
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The group who really could benefit from more protein is not fit young gym-goers but older people, who seem to be at much greater risk of protein deficiency.
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The guarantee that our self enjoys an intended relation to the outer world is most, if not all, we ask from religion. God is the self projected onto reality by our natural and necessary optimism. He is the not-me personified.
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