- Great Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great Quotes
Quotes on great moments and discoveries.
These quotes use 'great' to describe very different things - a lifelong search for spiritual mystery, nostalgic memories of finding great music collections while living abroad, and an honest mix of great and difficult experiences tied to identity and pride. Related reading: Good Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
My great-grandfather was a man of great vision, drive, and native intelligence, with some human flaws amplified by limited education, limited social range, and questionable influence from some of his advisers.
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020
Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of 'speculation'; but which ought to be called Gambling.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
There never yet was, and never will be, a nation permanently great, consisting, for the greater part, of wretched and miserable families.
- Drunk
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great security of all is to eat little and to drink nothing that intoxicates. He that eats till he is full is little better than a beast, and he that drinks till he is drunk is quite a beast.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now, I believe that war is never inevitable until it starts, but there has been a great proclivity in human history, and including in recent history, for war.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been a rollercoaster ride. There have been some great moments and some low points... like when I was leaving Stax. That's when I actually thought of getting out of the business.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day.
- General Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In our passage from the Cape of Good Hope the winds were mostly from the westward with very boisterous weather: but one great advantage that this season of the year has over the summer months is in being free from fogs.
- Dangerous Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020