Quotes with second-greatest

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• The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

  ― Plautus
  Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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• The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

  ― Robert Green Ingersoll
  American lawyer, a Civil War veteran and politician (1833 - 1899)
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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.

  ― Robert Frost
  American poet (1874 - 1963)
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• The greatest thing in life is to die young - but delay it as long as possible.

  ― George Bernard Shaw
  Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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• The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be self-sufficient.

  ― Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
  French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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• The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.

  ― Alfred A. Montapert
  American writer
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• The greatest threat facing humanity is a radical Islamist regime meeting up with nuclear weapons.

  ― Benjamin Netanyahu
  Israeli politician (2009 - )
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• The greatest threat to the security of the people of North Korea comes from the government of North Korea.

  ― Ari Fleischer
  American media consultant and political aide (1960 - )
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• The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

  ― Arthur C. Clarke
  British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist (1917 - 2008)
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• The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.

  ― Judy Garland
  American singer and actress (1922 - 1969)
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• The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

  ― J. C. Hare
   
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• The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race.

  ― Branch Rickey
  American baseball player (1881 - )
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• The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

  ― William James
  American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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• The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

  ― Anatole France
  French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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• The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak.

  ― Jacques BéNigne Bossuet
  French bishop and writer (1627 - 1704)
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• The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.

  ― Lucretius
  Roman poet and philosopher (95 - 55)
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• The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
  

  ― William James
  American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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• The greatest weariness comes from work not done.

  ― Eric Hoffer
  American writer (1902 - 1983)
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• The greatest wisdom doesn't know itself. The richest plan is not to have one.

  Source: Liefdesmedicijn (2010) 66

  ― Louise Erdrich
  American author (1954 - )
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• The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it

  ― Konstantin Stanislavisky
  Russian Actor, Theatre director, Teacher (1863 - 1938)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• self-sufficient
• accomplished
• individual
• committees
• government
• hijacking

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