“Thrift is of great revenue.”
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“Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.”
“The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.”
“They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.”
“My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.”
“Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.”
“The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.”
“It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them.”
“It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.”
“He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.”
“A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.”
“In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.”
“Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.”
“Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom and a great empire and little minds go ill together.”
“People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.”
“As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.”
“We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.”
“The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.”
“When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.”
“Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.”
“To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.”
“We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.”
“Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.”
“Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.”