Short quotations about, greatest - Page 2

R. J. Baughan

We find greatest joy, not in gettin…

15 Feb , 2011  

We find greatest joy, not in getting, but expressing what we are. Men do not really live for honors or for pay; their gladness is not in the taking and holding, but in the doing, the striving, the building, the living. It is a higher joy to teach than to be taught. It is good […]

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Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Life is a Dream

What is life? An illusion, a shadow…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story, And the greatest good is little enough: for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams. Great short quote and quotation by: Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Life is a Dream ,

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What we become depends on what we r…

15 Feb , 2011  

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Carlyle , Scottish author, essayist, & historian (1795 – 1881)

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Arcesilaus

Where you find the laws most numero…

15 Feb , 2011  

Where you find the laws most numerous, there you will find also the greatest injustice. Great short quote and quotation by: Arcesilaus ,

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Overlung

Wit is brushwood; judgment timber; …

15 Feb , 2011  

Wit is brushwood; judgment timber; the one gives the greatest flame, and the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best fire. Great short quote and quotation by: Overlung ,

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Lord Samuel, "Romanes Lecture", 1947

Without a doubt the greatest injury…

15 Feb , 2011  

Without a doubt the greatest injury of all was done by basing morals on myth. For, sooner or later, myth is recognized for what it is, and disappears. Then morality loses the foundation on which it has been built. Great short quote and quotation by: Lord Samuel, “Romanes Lecture”, 1947 ,

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Marquis de Sade

You say that my way of thinking can…

27 Apr , 2010  

You say that my way of thinking cannot be tolerated? What of it? The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool. My way of thinking is the result of my reflections. It is part of my inner being, the way I am made. I do not contradict them, and […]

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Bill Gates

Your most unhappy customers are you…

27 Apr , 2010  

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. Great short quote and quotation by: Bill Gates, Business @ The Speed of Thought , US computer software designer & industrialist (1955 – )

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