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Aristotle:Personal beauty is a greater


Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
by Aristotle


Edmund Burke:It is hard to say whether the


It is hard to say whether the doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery.
by Edmund Burke


Chinese Proverb:Laws control the lesser


Laws control the lesser man...Right conduct controls the greater one.
by Chinese Proverb


Johann Von Goethe:For a man to achieve all that


For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.
by Johann Von Goethe


William Hazlitt:Prosperity is a great teacher;


Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.
by William Hazlitt


Michel De Montaigne:I do myself a greater injury


I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
by Michel De Montaigne


Bertrand Russell:Marriage is for women the


Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution.
by Bertrand Russell


Bertrand Russell:Love is something far more than


Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.
by Bertrand Russell


Akhenaton:The higher the sun ariseth, the less


The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.
by Akhenaton


Vita Sackville-West:Travel is the most private


Travel is the most private of pleasures. There is no greater bore than the travel bore. We do not in the least want to hear what he has seen in Hong-Kong.
by Vita Sackville-West


Jeremy Taylor:Revenge...is like a rolling stone,


Revenge...is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.
by Jeremy Taylor


William Temple:A bird in the hand is safer


A bird in the hand is safer thantwo overhead. All courageous animals are carnivorous, and greater courage is to be expected in a people, such as the English, whose food is strong and hearty, than in the half starved commonalty of other countries.
by William Temple


Voltaire:Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I


Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
by Voltaire


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